Exploring scale direction effects and response behavior across PC and smartphone surveys


Krebs, Dagmar ; Höhne, Jan Karem



DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jssam/smz058
URL: https://academic.oup.com/jssam/article/9/3/477/581...
Document Type: Article
Year of publication: 2021
The title of a journal, publication series: Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology : JSSAM
Volume: 9
Issue number: 3
Page range: 477-495
Place of publication: Oxford
Publishing house: Oxford Univ. Press
ISSN: 2325-0984 , 2325-0992
Publication language: English
Institution: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > SFB 884
School of Social Sciences > Data Science (Blom 2017-2022)
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Abstract: The effects of scale direction on response behavior are well known in the survey literature, where a variety of theoretical approaches are discussed, and mixed empirical findings are reported. In addition, different types of survey completion devices seem to vary in their susceptibility to scale direction effects. In this study, we therefore investigate the effect of scale direction and device type on response behavior in PC and smartphone surveys. To do so, we conducted a web survey experiment in a German non-probability access panel (N = 3,401) using a two-step split-ballot design with four groups that are defined by device type (PC and smartphone) and scale direction (decremental and incremental). The results reveal that both PCs and smartphones are robust against scale direction effects. The results also show that response behavior differs substantially between PCs and smartphones, indicating that the device type (PC or smartphone) matters. In particular, the findings show that the comparability of data obtained through multi-device surveys is limited.




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