Questionnaire design – general issues These experiments explore survey methods which relate to the design of survey instruments such as question wording, item order, etc. NumberExperimentWave(s) appeared8.1Subsetting the questionnaire content1-58.2Showcards vs. no showcards1-38.3Impact of question wording and context on measuring change2, 3, 48.4Dependent interviewing wording3, 4, 5, 78.5Branched vs. unbranched rating scales for measuring attitudes3, 4, 58.6Smiley faces vs. text-based scales in child self-completion 5, 68.7Quality of recall data with web vs. face-to-face68.8Methods of reducing item non-response in web surveys 68.9Separating systematic measurement error components using MTMM7, 8, 98.10Replicating classic question wording experiments across countries78.11Impact of response scale direction on responses7, 88.12Enhancing respondent engagement with the survey through tailored interesting questions78.13Grid design in mobile surveys108.14Dont know prefer not to answer response presentation118.15Collecting mobile phone numbers12, 15
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