The role of topic interest in survey participation decisions
The role of topic interest in survey participation decisions
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DOI：
10.1093/poq/nfh002
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发表时间：
2004-03-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Dipko, S
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作者：
Groves, RM;Presser, S;Dipko, S
虽然调查答复率低可能表明不答复错误的风险很高，但我们对何时不答复会导致此类错误以及何时可以忽略不答复知之甚少。调查参与的杠杆显着理论表明，当调查主题是参与决策的因素时，不合作将导致不回答错误。我们测试了从该理论得出的三个假设：（1）那些面临有关他们感兴趣的主题的调查请求的人比那些对该主题不太感兴趣的人的合作率更高； (2) 当提供金钱激励时，“感兴趣的”更容易合作的倾向就会减弱； (3) 利益对合作的影响对于关键统计数据具有不可忽视的影响。数据来自一项三因素实验，该实验检查了对 (a) 五个不同主题的调查合作的影响，使用 (b) 来自五个不同人群的样本，这些人群具有与主题相关的已知属性，(c) 两种不同的激励条件。
While a low survey response rate may indicate that the risk of nonresponse error is high, we know little about when nonresponse causes such error and when nonresponse is ignorable. Leverage-salience theory of survey participation suggests that when the survey topic is a factor in the decision to participate, noncooperation will cause nonresponse error. We test three hypotheses derived from the theory: (1) those faced with a survey request on a topic of interest to them cooperate at higher rates than do those less interested in the topic; (2) this tendency for the "interested" to cooperate more readily is diminished when monetary incentives are offered; and (3) the impact of interest on cooperation has nonignorability implications for key statistics. The data come from a three-factor experiment examining the impact on cooperation with surveys on (a) five different topics, using (b) samples from five different populations that have known attributes related to the topics, with (c) two different incentive conditions.