Entry:
Ramirez, Carl, "Response Effects and Mode of Administration or: More Reasons Why the GSS Should Remain an In-Person Survey," Unpublished report, University of Chicago, 1990.
Abstract:
In considering a 1990 telephone reinterview, much variability was found in response to complicated questions on abstract attitude issues or involving difficult cognitive tasks. Wording effects caused some variability on residential, education, neighborhood, and safety questions and some evidence of social desirability bias in neighborhood safety.
GSS Years:DATA: 1990 GSS Reinterview Project.
Other Data Sets:
1990 GSS Reinterview Project.
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GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document: |
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Variable Name |
Variable Label |
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| RES16 |
TYPE OF PLACE LIVED IN WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| BIBLE |
FEELINGS ABOUT THE BIBLE |
| FEAR |
AFRAID TO WALK AT NIGHT IN NEIGHBORHOOD |
| EDUC |
HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED |
| JOBINC |
HIGH INCOME |
| JOBSEC |
NO DANGER OF BEING FIRED |
| JOBHOUR |
SHORT WORKING HOURS |
| JOBPROMO |
CHANCES FOR ADVANCEMENT |
| JOBMEANS |
WORK IMPORTANT AND FEEL ACCOMPLISHMENT |
| SEX |
RESPONDENTS SEX |
| RACE |
RACE OF RESPONDENT |
| AGE |
AGE OF RESPONDENT |
| RES16 |
TYPE OF PLACE LIVED IN WHEN 16 YRS OLD |
| INCOME |
TOTAL FAMILY INCOME |