Arbeitspapier

The role of the interviewer in producing mode effects: Results from a mixed modes experiment comparing face-to-face, telephone and web administration

The presence of an interviewer is hypothesised to motivate respondents to generate an accurate answer and reduce task difficulty, but also to reduce the privacy of the reporting situation.The prevalence of indicators of satisficing (e.g., non-differentiation, acquiescence, middle categories, primacy and recency, and item nonresponse) and socially desirable responding were studied experimentally across modes and also through cognitive interviewing. Results show differences between interviewer and self-completion modes: in levels of satisficing for non- differentiation, acquiescence, and middle categories and socially desirable responding. There were also unexpected findings of a CATI primacy/positivity bias and of different ways of satisficing.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: ISER Working Paper Series ; No. 2014-20

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
Mode Effects
Interviewer presence
Satisficing
Primacy
Recency
Middle category effects
Non-differentiation
Social desirability

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Hope, Steven
Campanelli, Pamela
Nicolaas, Gerry
Lynn, Peter
Jäckle, Annette
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
(where)
Colchester
(when)
2014

Handle
Last update
10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET

Data provider

This object is provided by:
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft. If you have any questions about the object, please contact the data provider.

Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Hope, Steven
  • Campanelli, Pamela
  • Nicolaas, Gerry
  • Lynn, Peter
  • Jäckle, Annette
  • University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Time of origin

  • 2014

Other Objects (12)