Identifying Careless Responses in Questionnaire Research: A Serendipitous Finding

Identifying Careless Responses in Questionnaire Research: A Serendipitous Finding

The present study describes a possible method by which potentially meaningless responses to questionnaires can be easily identified. Given an inadvertent mistake in the design of a questionnaire packet, we found that 10% of respondents provided invalid responses to items.

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychological reports 2003-08, Vol.93 (1), p.320-322
Hauptverfasser: Piferi, Rachel L., Jobe, Rebecca L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Attitude
Female
Humans
Male
Research - standards
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:The present study describes a possible method by which potentially meaningless responses to questionnaires can be easily identified. Given an inadvertent mistake in the design of a questionnaire packet, we found that 10% of respondents provided invalid responses to items.
ISSN:0033-2941
1558-691X
DOI:10.2466/pr0.2003.93.1.320