Stability in Questionnaire Response
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7609654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Read Bain (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1931 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 445-453 |
| Publication date | 1931-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/215736 |
| OpenAlex | W2045200357 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
A questionnaire consisting of 61 items of personnel information was given to 50 college Freshmen with careful directions to get uniformity in filling in the schedule. Two and a half months later the same questionnaire was given with the same directions. Tabulations showed that 709, nearly one-fourth of the 3,050 items, had been changed. The girls showed considerably greater stability of response than the boys on all three types of questions, factual family data, factual personal data, and subjective personal data. The whole group showed greater stability on the factual personal than on the other two types. A number of methodological questions are raised as well as suggestions for further research
Personally identifiable information · Schedule · Stability (learning theory) · Applied Psychology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1932 - 1975 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |