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Survey self-asessments, reporting behaviour and the use of externally collected vignettes

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  • Mark N. Harris

    (Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University)

  • Rachel Knott

    (Monash University)

  • Paula Lorgelly

    (Monash University)

  • Nigel Rice

    (University of York)

Abstract

The anchoring vignette approach has grown in popularity as a method to adjust for reporting heterogeneity in subjective self-reports, removing bias due to systematic variation in reporting styles across study respondents. The use of anchoring vignettes, however, has been limited to surveys where both self-reports and vignette questions have been included. This diminishes their wider application. We illustrate, using an application to self-assessed health in a large household survey, how externally collected vignettes can be used to adjust for reporting heterogeneity in self-reports observed in datasets where vignettes have not been included. Given that self-reports to survey questions are an important facet of social research to understand di erences across socio-economic groups and populations, we anticipate the approach described will lead to new applications of the anchoring vignette methodology.

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  • Mark N. Harris & Rachel Knott & Paula Lorgelly & Nigel Rice, 2015. "Survey self-asessments, reporting behaviour and the use of externally collected vignettes," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series WP1508, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:bcecwp:wp1508
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    Keywords

    Anchoring vignettes; self-reports; reporting heterogeneity;
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    JEL classification:

    • I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
    • C1 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General
    • C3 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables

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