Identifying sources of error in cross-national questionnaires: Application of an error source typology to cognitive interview data

Fitzgerald, R., Widdop, S., Gray, M. & Collins, D. (2011). Identifying sources of error in cross-national questionnaires: Application of an error source typology to cognitive interview data. Journal of Official Statistics, 27(4), pp. 569-599.

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    Abstract

    This article evaluates a Cross National Error Source Typology that was developed as a tool for making cross-national questionnaire design more effective. Cross-national questionnaire design has a number of potential error sources that are either not present or are less common in single nation studies. Tools that help to identify these error sources better inform the survey researcher when improving a source questionnaire that serves as the basis for translation. This article outlines the theoretical and practical development of the typology and evaluates an attempt to apply it to cross-national cognitive interviewing findings from the European Social Survey.

    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Cross-national research; questionnaire design; cognitive interviewing; Cross National Error Source Typology (CNEST); translation; European Social Survey
    Subjects: H Social Sciences > HA Statistics
    Divisions: School of Social Sciences > Department of Sociology
    URI: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/1160

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