Straightlining in Web survey panels over time

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"Straightlining, an indicator of satisficing, refers to giving the same answer in a series of questions arranged on a grid. We investigated whether straightlining changes with respondents' panel experience in two open-access Internet panels in the Netherlands: the LISS and Dutch Immigrant panels. Specifically, we considered straightlining on 10 grid questions in LISS core modules (7 waves) and on a grid of evaluation questions in both the LISS panel (150+ waves) and the Dutch immigrant panel (50+ waves). For both core modules and evaluation questions we found that straightlining increases with respondents' panel experience for at least three years. Straightlining is also associated with younger age and non-western 1st generation immigrants. Where straightlining was a plausible set of answers, prevalence of straightlining was much larger (15-40%) than where straightlining was implausible (<2% in wave 1)." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• ISSN: 1864-3361
• Extent: Seite(n): 125-137
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Survey Research Methods, 9(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Online-Befragung ; Internet ; Panel ; Antwortverhalten ; Datenqualität ; Umfrageforschung ; Grundlagenforschung ; Methodenentwicklung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Schonlau, Matthias ; Toepoel, Vera
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2015.v9i2.6128
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST