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Design of web questionnaires: an informationprocessing perspective for the effect of response categories

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Toepoel, Vera
Vis, Corrie
Das, Marcel
Soest, Arthur van (Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research)

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In this study we use an information-processing perspective to explore the impact of response scales on respondents answers in a web survey. This paper has four innovations compared to the existing literature: research is based on a different mode of administration (web), we use an open-ended format as a benchmark, four different question types are used, and the study is conducted on a representative sample of the population. We find strong effects of response scales. Questions requiring estimation strategies are more affected by the choice of response format than questions in which direct recall is used. Respondents with a low need for cognition and respondents with a low need to form opinions are more affected by the response categories than respondents with a high need for cognition and a high need to evaluate. The sensitivity to contextual clues is also significantly related to gender, age and education

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C42 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Survey Methods
C81 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs - - - Microeconomic Data
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  1. Toepoel, V. & Das, J.W.M. & Soest, A.H.O. van, 2008. "Design Effects in Web Surveys: Comparing Trained and Fresh Respondents," Discussion Paper 2008-51, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research. [Downloadable!]
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