Financial Record Checking in Surveys: Do Prompts Improve Data Quality?

Autor/inn/en	Murphy, Joe; Rosen, Jeffrey; Richards, Ashley; Riley, Sarah; Peytchev, Andy; Lindblad, Mark
Titel	Financial Record Checking in Surveys: Do Prompts Improve Data Quality?
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 28 (2016) 3, S.247-265 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X15616346
Schlagwörter	Recordkeeping; Financial Support; Accuracy; Prompting; Surveys; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Compliance (Psychology); Response Rates (Questionnaires); Interviews; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Statistical Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsnachweis; Finanzielle Förderung; Benutzerführung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Antwortkontrolle; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Statistische Analyse
Abstract	Self-reports of financial information in surveys, such as wealth, income, and assets, are particularly prone to inaccuracy. We sought to improve the quality of financial information captured in a survey conducted by phone and in person by encouraging respondents to check records when reporting on income and assets. We investigated whether suggestive prompts influenced unit response, compliance with the request to check records, precision of estimates, and accuracy. We conducted a split sample experiment in the Community Advantage Panel Survey in which half of telephone respondents and half of in-person household interview respondents were encouraged to check the records. We found a modest positive effect of prompts on compliance but no effect on unit response, precision, or accuracy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01