Increasing the Confidence and Competence of Social Work Researchers: What Works?
In: The British journal of social work, Band 41, Heft 8, S. 1566-1585
ISSN: 1468-263X
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In: The British journal of social work, Band 41, Heft 8, S. 1566-1585
ISSN: 1468-263X
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Abstract
Skip patterns, in which certain questions should only be answered by subsets of respondents, are particularly challenging for mail surveys because respondents must navigate them themselves with no assistance from a computer or interviewer. Incorrect navigation of skip patterns can lead to (1) errors of omission, which is when respondents fail to answer follow-up questions they should answer; (2) errors of commission, which is when respondents answer follow-up questions they should skip; or (3) filter item nonresponse, which is when respondents fail to answer the initial filter question. Using experimental data from two general population surveys of Nebraskans, this paper examines three visual design elements—common region, indentation, and subnumbering—aimed at decreasing skip errors in mail surveys. Each design element is intended to create stronger grouping and subgrouping among items within skip patterns, thus clarifying the navigational path and decreasing skip errors. We compare error rates across treatments overall and by respondent age, education, and literacy to assess whether visual cues can provide additional aid to those who might struggle with reading text cues. We find that using separate enclosures or subnumbering of the follow-up questions significantly reduces commission error rates and using indentation significantly increases omission error rates. In addition, none of the tested visual designs were more effective for older, less educated, or lower literacy respondents than for their counterparts.
Funding The study was funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh through a Sabbatical Research Award to JA (Award ID: 59117). DP is supported by the strategic research programme funded by the Scottish Government's Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division Acknowledgements The authors wish to thank the Royal Voluntary Service for hosting the study and in particular Andrew Roberts, Philip Hurley and Steven Waite for enabling access to the necessary sites, retail staff and purchasing data. ; Peer reviewed ; Publisher PDF
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