10 research outputs found
"It is time computers do clever things! ": The impact of dependent interviewing on interviewer burden
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. © The Author(s) 2011
Explaining differences in labour market transitions between panel and life-course data in West-Germany
Panel data, Retrospective data, Data reliability, Recall error, Labour market transitions,
Collecting Event Histories with TrueTales:Techniques to Improve Autobiographical Recall Problems in Standardized Interviews
autobiographical memory, cognitive survey methodology, conversational interviewing, event-history calendar, recall error, standardized interviewing, telephone interviews, validity,