IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ets/wpaper/6.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Heikle Fragen in mündlichen Interviews: Ergebnisse einer Methodenstudie im studentischen Milieu (Sensitive Questions in Face-to-Face Interviews: Findings of a Methodological Study with University Students)

Author

Listed:
  • Peter Preisendörfer

Abstract

In einem "sensitive topic survey" mit Studierenden der Universität Mainz (n=578) wurde die Brauchbarkeit von drei Techniken zur Erhebung heikler Sachverhalte untersucht: Wording/Framing-Techniken, die Technik des vertraulichen Kuverts und die Randomized-Response-Technik. Bezüglich Wording/Framing bestätigt sich der Verdacht, dass diese in der Lehrbuchliteratur viel zitierten Techniken oft nicht halten, was sie versprechen. Demgegenüber erweist sich die Technik des vertraulichen Kuverts im Anwendungsfall der Erhebung sexuellen Verhaltens als hilfreich. Die eingesetzte Randomized-Response-Technik in der Variante von "forced response" brachte nicht die erwarteten Ergebnisse. Der Beitrag ist insgesamt ein erster Schritt im Rahmen eines breiteren Forschungsprogramms zur Thematik heikler Fragen in verschiedenen Arten von Befragungen. (A "sensitive topic survey" among students of the University of Mainz (n=578) was conducted to evaluate the merits of three techniques to investigate sensitive behavior: wording/framing techniques, the sealed envelope technique, and the randomized response technique. Concerning wording/framing, the results show that these techniques, which can be found in all textbooks of social research methods, often do not meet their expectations. The sealed envelope technique proved to be useful in asking questions about sexual behavior. Not at all successful was the randomized response technique in the form of "forced response", developed and tested in the student survey. The article is a first contribution to a broader research programme about sensitive topics in different survey modes.)

Suggested Citation

  • Peter Preisendörfer, 2008. "Heikle Fragen in mündlichen Interviews: Ergebnisse einer Methodenstudie im studentischen Milieu (Sensitive Questions in Face-to-Face Interviews: Findings of a Methodological Study with University Stud," ETH Zurich Sociology Working Papers 6, ETH Zurich, Chair of Sociology.
  • Handle: RePEc:ets:wpaper:6
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://repec.ethz.ch/ets/papers/preisendoerfer_sensitive_questions.pdf
    File Function: First version, 2008
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Edith de Leeuw, 2001. "Reducing Missing Data in Surveys: An Overview of Methods," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 35(2), pages 147-160, May.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Geist, Monica R., 2010. "Using the Delphi method to engage stakeholders: A comparison of two studies," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 147-154, May.
    2. Jarl Kampen, 2007. "The Impact of Survey Methodology and Context on Central Tendency, Nonresponse and Associations of Subjective Indicators of Government Performance," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 41(6), pages 793-813, December.
    3. Araceli Mateos & Margarita Corral, 2022. "Partial non-response in political elite studies: an approach to parliamentary elites in Latin America," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(6), pages 4089-4106, December.
    4. Peter Lynn, 2003. "PEDAKSI: Methodology for Collecting Data about Survey Non-Respondents," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 239-261, August.
    5. Heike Grimm & Johannes Jaenicke, 2012. "What drives patenting and commerzialisation activity at East German universities? The role of new public policy, institutional environment and individual prior knowledge," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 37(4), pages 454-477, August.
    6. Ivar Krumpal, 2013. "Determinants of social desirability bias in sensitive surveys: a literature review," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 2025-2047, June.
    7. Mir Aftab Hussain Talpur & Madzlan Napiah & Imtiaz Ahmed Chandio & Shabir Hussain Khahro, 2012. "Transportation Planning Survey Methodologies for the Proposed Study of Physical and Socio-economic Development of Deprived Rural Regions: A Review," Modern Applied Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 6(7), pages 1-1, July.
    8. Kevin O. Shropshire & James E. Hawdon & James C. Witte, 2009. "Web Survey Design," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 37(3), pages 344-370, February.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    sensitive questions; face-to-face survey; wording/framing techniques; sealed envelope technique; randomized response technique; methodological study;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • 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 - - - Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ets:wpaper:6. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Heidi Bruderer The email address of this maintainer does not seem to be valid anymore. Please ask Heidi Bruderer to update the entry or send us the correct address (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.socio.ethz.ch/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.