Beschreibung

"Like the editing respondents do to resent themselves in a more favorable light, their editing of answers to reduce burden ist likely to be an important source of survey error. Motivated misreporting introduces coverage bias in surveys that use rostering or screening. And, in surveys that use filter questions, diary surveys, and panel surveys, motivated misreporting may lead to sizable measurement errors. An important parallel between motivated misreporting and social desirability bias is that interviewers seem to contribute to both phenomena. The studies that we have carried out clearly indicate that motivated misreporting leads to underreports in screening interviews and in responses to filter questions. It remains to be shown that the falloff in reporting over time in panel and diary surveys also reflects increasing underreporting, as respondents (or interviewers) attempt to reduce burden." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))