Do rotten apples spoil the whole barrel? Exploring quality issues in panel data

This paper, by Lex van Meurs and Liesbeth Nekkers, Intomart GfK, and Robert Ossenbrugg, ProCression, is based on the findings of 100 online questionnaires.

Do rotten apples spoil the whole barrel? Exploring quality issues in panel data

Lex van Meurs and Liesbeth NekkersIntomart GfK, Netherlands

Robert van OssenbruggenMethodologist, ProCression, Netherlands

INTRODUCTION

This paper will examine the nature and probable causes of inattentive or fraudulent respondent behaviour. As researchers, we are constantly aware of the kinds of errors and biases that threaten the reliability and validity of our studies at every step of the research process. Although we do not have complete solutions for problems such as framing errors, selective non-response and interviewer bias, at least we have a long history...

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