Interviewer effects in real and falsified interviews: Results from a large scale experiment

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Contributors

  • Peter Winker - , Justus Liebig University Giessen (Author)
  • Karl Wilhelm Kruse - , Justus Liebig University Giessen (Author)
  • Natalja Menold - , Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Author)
  • Uta Landrock - , Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Author)

Abstract

Interviewers influence data quality in surveys unintentionally or intentionally. Within the framework of theories on interviewers' motivation, we analyze influences of interviewers' characteristics and payment schemes on falsified and real data. The empirical analysis is based on data of a large scale experimental study, which includes both real and falsified interviews. For this experimental study, the interviewers' payment was subject to two different conditions both for real and falsified interviews, namely payment per completed interview and payment per hour. The impact of payment, gender, and some measures of interviewers' attitudes is analyzed with regard to duration of interviews and some meta-indicators used previously to identify potential falsifications in survey data. Empirical results are presented, and a conclusion is drawn regarding the impact of payment scheme and interviewers' characteristics on data quality.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)423-434
Number of pages12
JournalStatistical journal of the IAOS
Volume31
Issue number3
Publication statusPublished - 27 Aug 2015
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0003-1106-474X/work/194256567

Keywords

Keywords

  • indicators for falsifications, Interviewer effects, interviewer falsifications, payment scheme