When Change Matters
An Analysis of Survey Interaction in Dependent Interviewing on the British Household Panel Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2330627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Noah Uhrig, SC Noah Uhrig (University of Essex, corresponding author), Emanuela Sala (0000-0003-2988-579X, Università di Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 333-366 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0049124111404816 |
| OpenAlex | W2171961499 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 29 |
The authors examine how questionnaire structure affects survey interaction in the context of dependent interviewing (DI). DI is widely used in panel surveys to reduce observed spurious change in respondent circumstances. Although a growing literature generally finds beneficial measurement properties, little is known about how DI functions in interviews. The authors systematically observed survey interaction using behavior coding and analyzed an application of DI to obtain respondent employment characteristics. The authors found respondents indicated change in circumstances through a number of verbal machinations, including mismatch answers and explanations. Assessing whether these behaviors influenced subsequent question administration, the authors found qualitative evidence that the information disclosed when negating a DI question leads to subsequent interviewing errors. Quantitative analyses supported this evidence, suggesting that standardized interviewing deteriorates as respondents struggle to identify change in their circumstances. This analysis suggests that the reliability of detail about changed circumstances may not be improved using DI
British Household Panel Survey · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Interview · Political science · Respondent · Sociology · Spurious relationship · Statistics · Survey research · Applied Psychology · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Interaction and the Standardized Survey Interview
Responding to indirect speech acts
On the Preferences for Agreement and Contiguity in Sequences in Conversation
Agreeing and disagreeing with assessments
The Analysis of Categorical Data from Complex Sample Surveys
Logic and Conversation
The Psychology of Survey Response
Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys
Standardized Survey Interviewing
Measuring Change in Employment Characteristics
Managing Troubles in Answering Survey Questions
Does Conversational Interviewing Reduce Survey Measurement Error
Clarifying Question Meaning in a Household Telephone Survey
"Why people say "yes
Survey Research
Grammar and Social Organization
A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation
Sequence Similarity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |