Survey research - Reliability and validity in survey research
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How is reliability measured in survey research?
What are the two measurement validity threats to survey research?
- Social desirability bias
- Survey mode bias
How to solve the desirability problem in surveys?
- Everybody does it
- Assuming the behavior (how often have you overeaten yourself in the past week)
- Authorities recommend it
- Reasons for doing it
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
How to improve measurement validity?
- Expert input
- Pilot testing
How to improve internal validity in survey research?
- Include questions related to contol variables in your questionnaire
Controlling for a variable means including control variables along with independent and moderator variables in your regresiion analysis.
What is the threat to external validity in survey research?
When are low responses a problem?
What is the solution for low respones?
How is the response rate calculated?
divided by /
# of people sampled
(generally low, 10-15%)
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