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The Impact of Dependent Interviewing on Interviewer Burden

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ID2407376
AuthorsEmanuela Sala (0000-0003-2988-579X, University of Essex, corresponding author), C Noah Uhrig, S C Noah Uhrig (University of Essex), Peter Lynn (0000-0002-3493-5686, University of Essex)
Year2011
Volume23
Issue1
Pages3-23
Publication date2011-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCAM (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-8513 • E-ISSN: 1552-3969
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1525822x10384087
OpenAlexW2053181124
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

Despite the increased interest in assessing the effects of dependent interviewing (DI) on data quality, the impact of DI on interviewer burden and interviewer-respondent interaction remains currently unexplored and undocumented. Drawing on Japec's work, this article attempts to evaluate the impact of DI on interviewer burden and describes the mechanisms by which DI affects perceived interviewer burden and ultimately data quality. We use a diverse set of data including qualitative data collected from a survey carried out in 2006 on the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) interviewers. Three main findings stand out: DI is usually welcomed by interviewers; under condition of no change in respondent circumstances, DI eases interviewer burden; the mechanisms by which DI eases interviewer burden are complex as interviewer burden factors are often strictly related to respondent burden; and there are strong interrelationships among the different factors that constitute interviewer burden

Interview · Quality (philosophy) · Respondent · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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