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Asking Difficult Questions: Task Complexity Increases the Impact of Response Alternatives

Year: 1992

Type: article

Abstract: In providing behavioural frequency reports, respondents use the range of the response alternatives as a frame of reference, resulting in higher estimates on scales that offer high rather than low values. The present study demonstrates that the size of this effect increases with increasing question difficulty.

Source: European Journal of Social Psychology

DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2420220309

Authors: Herbert Bless, Gerd Bohner, Traudel Hild, Norbert Schwarz

Institution: University of Mannheim

Language: English

Topic: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

OpenAlex ID: W2136428751

FWCI: 7.191

Cites: 5

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10