Using data from a non-mobile-optimised survey in the UK, this paper compares the quality of survey data from mobile … to drop out of the survey, to provide shorter responses to open-ended questions, and to straight-line in grid questions …

In this paper we ask whether interviewers influence the answers to a standard set of survey questions on financial … literacy. We study data from Germany's wealth survey, Panel on Household Finances (PHF). We have access to extensive paradata … survey. We find that interviewer effects explain a significant fraction of the variance of the financial literacy score, and …

Survey to illustrate the limitations of the SWS. We evaluate the effect of designing weights based on response to wave … respondents if used with a different combination of waves. This leads to less precision on some, but not all, of the survey …

Mobile phone survey interviewing is becoming increasingly prevalent, so it is important to understand how it affects … technology can influence survey responses. We evaluate elements of the framework using data from a randomised experiment in which … were gathered. Our findings address causes of survey error resulting from mode of data collection, both in general and in …

We assess whether the probability of a sample member participating at a particular wave of a panel survey is greater if … response rate as well as interactions of interviewer continuity with other variables. -- longitudinal survey ; multiple …

To survey the general population, survey agencies often use sampling frames of landline numbers. However, these frames …, as they are unlisted (UN) or do not own a landline telephone (NT). Using a unique national survey with full-coverage of …

previous interview as still applying, using data from a panel survey in which preload data about receipt of welfare benefit …. Predictors of satisficing and characteristics of the survey and interviewer were not predictive of confirming the false preload. …