Bystanders, noise, and distractions in face-to-face surveys in Africa and Latin America
| Autor: | Emilia Peytcheva, Charles Q. Lau, M Baker, Kim Matu, Min Lieskovsky, Diana Greene, Andrew T. Fiore |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Latin Americans
05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods General Social Sciences Affect (psychology) Educational attainment 0506 political science Face-to-face 0504 sociology Data quality 050602 political science & public administration Bystander effect Satisficing Cross-cultural Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 20:469-483 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5300 1364-5579 |
| Popis: | Survey researchers are increasingly concerned that the presence of other people (bystanders) may affect data quality in structured, face-to-face survey interviews. In this article, we study bystanders using data from 15,309 face-to-face surveys about technology from Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Brazil and Guatemala. Our analysis (1) describes the frequency of bystander presence (spouses, parents, other family and non-family members), (2) investigates the correlates of bystander presence, and (3) studies whether bystanders affect response distributions, ‘don’t know’ responses, and satisficing behavior. We also consider the influence of other environmental factors – noise and distractions – on interviewer–respondent interaction and satisficing. The results are encouraging for the field of survey research. Bystanders did not affect response distributions, the number of ‘don’t know’ responses, or satisficing behavior. Although noise negatively affected interviewer–respondent interactions, noise did not aff... |
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