Too sophisticated even for highly educated survey respondents? A qualitative assessment of indirect question formats for sensitive questions

Jerke, Julia; Johann, David; Rauhut, Heiko; Thomas, Kathrin

doi:10.18148/srm/2019.v13i3.7453

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“…Some even involve a physical task, such as flipping a coin or completing a computerized test, which may distract survey respondents from the actual task of providing an accurate answer. One study on the Crosswise Model has made an attempt to systematically investigate some of the cognitive burdens for respondents (see also Jerke et al 2019). Furthermore, hypothetical scenarios (Mutz 2011: 54), as prompted in vignettes and conjoint experiments, may be too hard to grasp for some respondents.…”

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“…Cognitive interviews with participants representing the target population may give further insights into how the anticipated respondents process the experimental design and its logic, the instructions, the question wording, and allow researchers to learn how challenging the tasks at hand might be (see, e.g. Jerke et al 2019 for a reported pretest on (non-)randomized response designs). Additional quantitative pretests 19 will allow the investigation of any notable response patterns, such as indications of possible subgroup differences, and may inform potential question order, spillover or other effects.…”

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Too sophisticated even for highly educated survey respondents? A qualitative assessment of indirect question formats for sensitive questions

Cited by 4 publications

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The Advent of Survey Experiments in Politics and International Relations

The Advent of Survey Experiments in Politics and International Relations

Cyberbullying Awareness Intervention in Digital and Non-digital Environment for Youth: Current Knowledge

The one-sayers model for the Extended Crosswise design

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