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Quiz 2 Ch. 9

Terms in this set (14)

interviewer variance
describes that component of overall variability in survey statistics associated with the interviewer
interpenetrated assignment
probability subsamples of the full sample assigned to each interviewer
probe
the words the interviewer uses to attempt to obtain an adequate answer
standardized interviewing
the goal of having all people answer exactly the same questions, interpreting them in exactly the same way, under as consistent conditions as possible
replicability
a property of scientific findings that permits another scientist to obtain the same results, using the same methods, in an independent trial of the study
event history calendar
a visual device on which the respondents record landmark dates of great salience to them in various life domains and then use the landmarks to aid in recall and dating of events of interest to the survey
response bias
systematic deviations from a true value
response variance
instability of estimates over conceptual replications
replicability
permits other investigators to obtain same results with same methods in an independent trial of study
nonresponse bias
systematic deviations from a true value
interpenetrated assignment
assign each interviewer in study a probability subsample of full sample
validity
how accurately a survey measures a construct
intraclass correlation
how the total deviations from the true values cluster among the respondents interviewed by the same interviewer, used to measure clustering
clear response task
communicate to respondent how they are supposed to answer
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