Computer-Assisted Measurement and Coding of Educational Qualifications in Surveys (CAMCES)

Short Description: To overcome incompleteness in the case of long-list factual questions, a database query was incorporated in the survey procedure. To test different database interfaces, a split-ballot experiment was conducted using the example of educational attainment comparing a dynamic text field, a search tree and a long list.

Experimental Details: Random allocation of participants to three groups. Each group was shown self-report items on educational attainment in a different presentation form (dynamic text field, search tree or long list).

Available Papers:

Herzing, Jessica M. E. 2018. The impact of technological change on survey nonresponse and measurement (thesis). Mannheim: Universität Mannheim, Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften ;

Herzing, Jessica M. E. 2020. Investigation of alternative interface designs for long-list questions–the case of a computer-assisted survey in Germany. International Journal of Social Research Methodology (online first). (https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2020.1723201)

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Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Jessica Herzing, University of Mannheim [E-Mail], Silke Schneider, GESIS (Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), Mannheim [E-Mail]	2014	~1000 in total	inno	Timestamp_33, sp21, sp22, sp13, Timestamp_21, Timestamp_13, Timestamp_32, Timestamp_23, bil4, bil3, Timestamp_12, bil72, Timestamp_3, sp33, Timestamp_31, sp32, Timestamp_2, Timestamp_1, bil73, bil71, Timestamp_22, im_cam, sp31, sp11, bilsplit, sp23, sp12, bil1, Timestamp_11, bilyear	04/2017	Sociology	Experiment