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Increasing nonresponse rates in surveys are a matter of concern internationally, as low response rates put the quality of survey data into question. The risk of biased data is high if nonrespondents differ significantly from respondents. In arguing that sample persons’ personality traits are decisive in survey participation decisions, Denise Saßenroth investigates the mechanisms causing increasing nonresponse rates. Based on a modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis, she analyses the impact of sample persons’ personality on participation decisions with data from the German General Social Survey and the LISS Panel from the Netherlands. Contents · Survey Nonresponse · Sample Persons’ Personality and Survey Refusals · Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS) · Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel Target Groups · Researchers and students in the field of the social sciences · Survey practitioners Author Dr. Denise Saßenroth is a social scientist and research associate at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin)
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Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Survey Nonresponse; 2.1 International Trends in Response Rates; 2.2 Consequences of Nonresponse on Data Quality; 2.3 Research Designs for the Assessment of Nonresponse Bias; 2.3.1 Comparison of Response Rates across Subgroups; 2.3.2 Comparison of Aggregate Level Estimates from Survey Data with Estimates from External Sources; 2.3.3 Enrichment of Survey Data by Record Data; 2.3.4 Collection of Core Information on Nonrespondents
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2.3.5 Comparison of Subgroups with Different Response Propensities2.4 The Conceptual Framework for Survey Cooperation by Groves and Couper; 2.4.1 Influences under Researchers' Control; 2.4.2 Influences out of Researchers' Control; 2.4.3 Householder-Interviewer Interaction; 2.5 Theories on Nonresponse; 2.5.1 Opportunity Cost Hypothesis; 2.5.2 Leverage-Saliency Theory; 2.5.3 Social Exchange Theory; 2.5.4 Social Isolation Hypothesis; 2.6 Summary; 3 Sample Persons' Personality and Survey Refusals; 3.1 The Big 5 Personality Traits
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3.2 The Explanatory Power of Personality Traits in the Social Sciences3.3 A Modification of the Social Isolation Hypothesis; 3.4 The Impact of Personality Traits on Loneliness; 3.5 Explanations in the Social Sciences; 3.6 The Macro-Micro-Macro Model; 3.7 The Impact of Loneliness on Survey Participation; 3.8 The Impact of Personality Traits on Survey Participation; 3.9 Summary; 4 Personality Effects on Participation in the GGSS (ALLBUS); 4.1 The German General Social Survey in 2004, 2006 and 2008; 4.2 The Willingness to Participate: Assessment by Interviewers
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4.3 The Willingness to Participate: Temporary Refusals4.4 Independent Variables; 4.4.1 Respondents' Personality Traits; 4.4.2 Respondents' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 4.4.3 Interviewers' Characteristics; 4.5 Statistical Approach; 4.6 Descriptive and Bivariate Relationships; 4.7 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Interviewers' Assessments; 4.7.1 Model Building; 4.7.2 Results; 4.7.3 Interpretation of the Model Fit; 4.8 Analysis of Participation Willingness Indicated by Temporary Refusals; 4.8.1 Model Building; 4.8.2 Interpretation of Results; 4.9 Summary
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5 Personality Effects on Participation in the LISS Panel5.1 The Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences Panel; 5.2 Panel Duration and Panel Drop-Outs; 5.3 Independent/Exogenous Variables; 5.3.1 Panel Members' Personality Characteristics; 5.3.2 Panel Members' Socio-Demographic Characteristics; 5.4 Statistical Approach; 5.5 Descriptive, Bivariate and Preliminary Multivariate Analysis; 5.5.1 Relationship between Participation, Personality Traits and Loneliness; 5.5.2 Stability of Personality Traits; 5.5.3 Bivariate Relationships between Indicators of Loneliness
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5.6 Survival Analysis
Additional Edition:
9783658017804
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Saßenroth, Denise The impact of personality on participation decisions in surveys Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2013 3658017805
Additional Edition:
9783658017804
Language:
English
Subjects:
Psychology
Keywords:
Umfrage
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Teilnehmer
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Einstellung
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Datenerhebung
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Non-response-Problem
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Persönlichkeitstyp
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-658-01781-1
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