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ERIC Number: EJ1365332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0049-1241
EISSN: EISSN-1552-8294
Interpersonal Perceptions and Interviewer Effects in Face-to-Face Surveys
Kühne, Simon
Sociological Methods & Research, v52 n1 p299-334 Feb 2023
Survey interviewers can negatively affect survey data by introducing variance and bias into estimates. When investigating these interviewer effects, research typically focuses on interviewer sociodemographics with only a few studies examining the effects of characteristics that are not directly visible such as interviewer attitudes, opinions, and personality. For the study at hand, self-reports of 1,212 respondents and 116 interviewers, as well as their interpersonal perceptions of each other, were collected in a large-scale, face-to-face survey of households in Germany. Respondents and interviewers were presented with the same questions regarding their opinions and mutual perceptions toward social and political issues in Germany. Analyses show that interviewer effects can be largely explained by how an interviewer is seen by respondents. This indicates that some respondents adjust their answers toward anticipated interviewer opinions. Survey practitioners ought to acknowledge this in their survey design and training of interviewers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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