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Are There Differences in Responses to Social Identity Questions in Face-to-Face versus Telephone Interviews? Results of an Experiment on a Longitudinal Survey
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Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2017
This paper investigates the effect of interview mode (telephone vs. face-to-face) on responses to a 13-item module of identity questions covering distinct domains. With increasing moves towards mixed-mode implementation, especially in longitudinal surveys, establishing whether mode effects are likely to influence findings is of practical value. A…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Telephone Surveys, Interviews, Responses
The Importance of Pretesting Questionnaires: A Field Research Example of Cognitive Pretesting the Exercise Referral Quality of Life Scale (ER-QLS)
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Hilton, Charlotte Emma – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2017
The development of questionnaires, surveys and psychometric scales is an iterative research process that includes a number of carefully planned stages. Pretesting is a method of checking that questions work as intended and are understood by those individuals who are likely to respond to them. However, detailed reports of appropriate methods to…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Pretesting, Interviews, Test Construction