Author : Peter Winker
Publisher : Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9783631637159
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (371 download)
Book Synopsis Interviewers' Deviations in Surveys by : Peter Winker
Download or read book Interviewers' Deviations in Surveys written by Peter Winker and published by Peter Lang Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Survey data are used in many disciplines including Social Sciences, Economics and Psychology. Interviewers' behaviour might affect the quality of such data. This book presents the results of new research on interviewers' motivation and behaviour. A substantial number of contributions address deviant behaviour, methods for assessing the impact of such behaviour on data quality and tools for detecting faked interviews. Further chapters discuss methods for preventing undesirable interviewer effects. Apart from specific methodological contributions, the chapters of the book also provide a unique collection of examples of deviant behaviour and its detection - a topic not overly present in literature despite its substantial prevalence in survey field work. The volume includes 13 peer reviewed papers presented at an international workshop in Rauischholzhausen in October 2011.