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Misreporting Among Reluctant Respondents
Many surveys aim to achieve high response rates to keep bias due to nonresponse low. However, research has shown that the relationship …
Ruben L. Bach, Stephanie Eckman, Jessica Daikeler
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Misreporting to Looping Questions in Surveys: Recall, Motivation and Burden
Looping questions are used to collect data about several similar events, such as employment spells, retirement accounts, or marriages. …
Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter
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Participating in a panel survey changes respondents’ labour market behaviour
Panel survey participation can bring about unintended changes in respondents’ behaviour and/or their reporting of behaviour. Using …
Ruben Bach, Stephanie Eckman
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Assessing the Mechanisms of Misreporting to Filter Questions in Surveys
How you structure filter questions in a survey affects the answers you get. We linked survey responses to administrative records and found that respondents answer strategically to shorten the interview.
Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter, Antje Kirchner, Annette Jaeckle, Roger Tourangeau, Stanley Presser
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Confirmation Bias in Housing Unit Listing
Using an experimental repeated listing design, this article demonstrates the presence of confirmation bias in dependent housing unit …
Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter
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