Experimental methods in survey research : techniques that combine random sampling with random assignment /: techniques that combine random sampling with random assignment. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul J. Lavrakas, Michael W. Traugott, Courtney Kennedy, Allyson L. Holbrook, Edith de Leeuw.
• Authors: Lavrakas, Paul J; Traugott, Michael W; Leeuw, Edith Desirée de; Kennedy, Courtney; Holbrook, Allyson L
• Contents: List of Contributors xix Preface by Dr. Judith Tanur xxv About the Companion Website xxix 1 Probability Survey-Based Experimentation and the Balancing of Internal and External Validity Concerns 1; Paul J. Lavrakas, Courtney Kennedy, Edith D. de Leeuw, Brady T. West, Allyson L. Holbrook, and Michael W. Traugott 1.1 Validity Concerns in Survey Research 3 1.2 Survey Validity and Survey Error 5 1.3 Internal Validity 6 1.4 Threats to Internal Validity 8 1.5 External Validity 11 1.6 Pairing Experimental Designs with Probability Sampling 12 1.7 Some Thoughts on Conducting Experiments with Online Convenience Samples 12 1.8 The Contents of this Book 15 References 15 Part I Introduction to Section on Within-Unit Coverage 19; Paul J. Lavrakas and Edith D. de Leeuw 2 Within-Household Selection Methods: A Critical Review and Experimental Examination 23; Jolene D. Smyth, Kristen Olson, and Mathew Stange 2.1 Introduction 23 2.2 Within-Household Selection and Total Survey Error 24 2.3 Types of within-Household Selection Techniques 24 2.4 Within-Household Selection in Telephone Surveys 25 2.5 Within-Household Selection in Self-Administered Surveys 26 2.6 Methodological Requirements of Experimentally Studying Within-Household Selection Methods 27 2.7 Empirical Example 30 2.8 Data and Methods 31 2.9 Analysis Plan 34 2.10 Results 35 2.11 Discussion and Conclusions 40 References 42 3 Measuring within-Household Contamination: The Challenge of Interviewing More Than One Member of a Household 47; Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Stephen Smith, and Jaclyn S.Wong 3.1 Literature Review 47 3.2 Data and Methods 50 Investigators 53 Field/Project Directors 53 3.3 The Sequence of Analyses 55 3.4 Results 55 3.5 Effect on Standard Errors of the Estimates 57 3.6 Effect on Response Rates 58 3.7 Effect on Responses 61 3.8 Substantive Results 64 References 64 Part II Survey Experiments with Techniques to Reduce Nonresponse 67; Edith D. de Leeuw and Paul J. Lavrakas 4 Survey Experiments on Interactions and Nonresponse: A Case Study of Incentives and Modes 69; A. Bianchi and S. Biffignandi 4.1 Introduction 69 4.2 Literature Overview 70 4.3 Case Study: Examining the Interaction between Incentives and Mode 73 4.4 Concluding Remarks 83 Acknowledgments 85 References 86 5 Experiments on the Effects of Advance Letters in Surveys 89; Susanne Vogl, Jennifer A. Parsons, Linda K. Owens, and Paul J. Lavrakas 5.1 Introduction 89 5.2 State of the Art on Experimentation on the Effect of Advance Letters 93 5.3 Case Studies: Experimental Research on the Effect of Advance Letters 95 5.4 Case Study I: Violence against Men in Intimate Relationships 96 5.5 Case Study II: The Neighborhood Crime and Justice Study 100 5.6 Discussion 106 5.7 Research Agenda for the Future 107 References 108 Part III Overview of the Section on the Questionnaire 111; Allyson Holbrook and Michael W. Traugott 6 Experiments on the Design and Evaluation of Complex Survey Questions 113; Paul Beatty, Carol Cosenza, and Floyd J. Fowler Jr. 6.1 Question Construction: Dangling Qualifiers 115 6.2 Overall Meanings of Question Can Be Obscured by Detailed Words 117 6.3 Are Two Questions Better than One? 119 6.4 The Use of Multiple Questions to Simplify Response Judgments 121 6.5 The Effect of Context or Framing on Answers 122 6.6 Do Questionnaire Effects Vary Across Sub-groups of Respondents? 124 6.7 Discussion 126 References 128 7 Impact of Response Scale Features on Survey Responses to Behavioral Questions 131; Florian Keusch and Ting Yan 7.1 Introduction 131 7.2 Previous Work on Scale Design Features 132 7.3 Methods 134 7.4 Results 136 7.5 Discussion 141 Acknowledgment 143 7.A Question Wording 143 7.A.1 Experimental Questions (One Question Per Screen) 143 7.A.2 Validation Questions (One Per Screen) 144 7.A.3 GfK Profile Questions (Not Part of the Questionnaire) 145 7.B Test of Interaction Effects 145 References 146 8 Mode Effects Versus Question Format Effects: An Experimental Investigation of Measurement Error Implemented in a Probability-Based Online Panel 151; Edith D. de Leeuw, Joop Hox, and Annette Scherpenzeel 8.1 Introduction 151 8.2 Experiments and Probability-Based Online Panels 153 8.3 Mixed-Mode Question Format Experiments 154 8.4 Summary and Discussion 161 Acknowledgments 162 References 162 9 Conflicting Cues: Item Nonresponse and Experimental Mortality 167; David J. Ciuk and Berwood A. Yost 9.1 Introduction 167 9.2 Survey Experiments and Item Nonresponse 167 9.3 Case Study: Conflicting Cues and Item Nonresponse 170 9.4 Methods 170 9.5 Issue Selection 171 9.6 Experimental Conditions and Measures 172 9.7 Results 173 9.8 Addressing Item Nonresponse in Survey Experiments 174 9.9 Summary 178 References 179 10 Application of a List Experiment at the Population Level: The Case of Opposition to Immigration in the Netherlands 181; Mathew J. Creighton, Philip S. Brenner, Peter Schmidt, and Diana Zavala-Rojas 10.1 Fielding the Item Count Technique (ICT) 183 10.2 Analyzing the Item Count Technique (ICT) 185 10.3 An Application of ICT: Attitudes toward Immigrants in the Netherlands 186 10.4 Limitations of ICT 190 References 192 Part IV Introduction to Section on Interviewers 195; Brady T. West and Edith D. de Leeuw 11 Race- and Ethnicity-of-Interviewer Effects 197; Allyson L. Holbrook, Timothy P. Johnson, and Maria Krysan 11.1 Introduction 197 11.2 The Current Research 205 11.3 Respondents and Procedures 207 11.4 Measures 207 11.5 Analysis 210 11.6 Results 211 11.7 Discussion and Conclusion 219 References 221 12 Investigating Interviewer Effects and Confounds in Survey-Based Experimentation 225; Paul J. Lavrakas, Jenny Kelly, and Colleen McClain 12.1 Studying Interviewer Effects Using a Post hoc Experimental Design 226 12.2 Studying Interviewer Effects Using A Priori Experimental Designs 230 12.3 An Original Experiment on the Effects of Interviewers Administering Only One Treatment vs. Interviewers Administrating Multiple Treatments 232 12.4 Discussion 239 References 242 Part V Introduction to Section on Adaptive Design 245; Courtney Kennedy and Brady T. West 13 Using Experiments to Assess Interactive Feedback That Improves Response Quality in Web Surveys 247; Tanja Kunz and Marek Fuchs 13.1 Introduction 247 13.2 Case Studies – Interactive Feedback in Web Surveys 251 13.3 Methodological Issues in Experimental Visual Design Studies 258 References 269 14 Randomized Experiments for Web-Mail Surveys Conducted Using Address-Based Samples of the General Population 275; Z. Tuba Suzer-Gurtekin, Mahmoud Elkasabi, James M. Lepkowski, Mingnan Liu, and Richard Curtin 14.1 Introduction 275<
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.723; Social surveys -- Research; Sampling (Statistics)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119083764
• Related ISBNs: 9781119083757
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