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A note on interviewer performance measures in centralised CATI surveys
Bemerkungen zur Qualität von Interviewerleistungen in zentralisierten CATI-Befragungen
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Abstract "Interviewer performance with respect to convincing sample members to participate in surveys is an important dimension of survey quality. However, unlike in CAPI surveys where each sample case 'belongs' to one interviewer, there are hardly any good measures of interview performance for centralised C... view more
"Interviewer performance with respect to convincing sample members to participate in surveys is an important dimension of survey quality. However, unlike in CAPI surveys where each sample case 'belongs' to one interviewer, there are hardly any good measures of interview performance for centralised CATI surveys, where even single contacts are assigned to interviewers at random. If more than one interviewer works one sample case, it is not clear how to attribute success or failure to the interviewers involved. In this article, the author proposes two correlated methods to measure interviewer contact performance in centralised CATI surveys. Their modelling must take complex multilevel clustering effects, which need not be hierarchical, into account. Results are consistent with findings from CAPI data modelling, and the author finds that when comparing effects with a direct ('naive') measure of interviewer contact results, interviewer random e ffects are largely underestimated using the naive measure." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
quality; computer-assisted telephone interview; model; survey; interview; success; comparison; effectiveness; success-failure; telephone interview; model comparison
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Research Design
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 61-73
Journal
Survey Research Methods, 2 (2008) 2
ISSN
1864-3361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications