Inattentiveness and Satisficing in Self-Administered Surveys 1 |
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| Coordinator 1 | Dr Joss Roßmann (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany) |
| Coordinator 2 | Dr Henning Silber (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany) |
| Coordinator 3 | Dr Sebastian Lundmark (SOM Institute, Sweden) |
| Coordinator 4 | Dr Tobias Gummer (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Germany) |
Within the last two decades, survey data collection has increasingly moved from interviewer- to self-administration such as web questionnaires, or mixed-mode designs combining web and mail questionnaires. This trend was further exacerbated by the Corona pandemic during which interviewer-administered questionnaires became extensively more difficult to implement, leading practitioners to instead favor self-administration methods. However, methodological research has cautioned that the data quality of self-administered surveys may be more challenged by inattentive and/or satisficing respondents than when interviewers guide the respondents through the response process.
Therefore, the session Inattentiveness and Satisficing in Self-Administered Surveys welcomes submissions that present conceptual advancements in the field of detecting inattentive respondents, careless responding, and satisficing behavior in self-administered questionnaires. We particularly welcome proposals that introduce or evaluate new measurement methods (e.g., attention check items, paradata), as well as proposals that assess how questionnaire and question design can be applied to mitigate the problem of low-quality response in self-administered surveys.
Contributions may cover but are not limited to the following research topics:
• Conceptual advancements in the study of satisficing and careless responding.
• Innovative approaches and advancements in measuring respondent attentiveness and motivation (e.g., instructed response attention checks, instructional manipulation checks, bogus items, use of response latencies, or other paradata).
• Effects of survey design decisions (e.g., sampling method, (mixed) mode choice, questionnaire and question design, and fieldwork interventions) on respondent inattentiveness and/or survey satisficing.
• Experimental, observational, or simulation studies on the consequences of inattentiveness and/or satisficing for results of substantive analyses, experimental treatment effects, or survey data quality.