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(1988) Sociometric research I, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Types of inadequate interviewer behaviour in survey-interviews
W. Dijkstra, J. van der Zouwen
pp. 24-35
Researchers have long been aware that the information gathered by means of survey-interviews is probably distorted. Perhaps Rice (1929) was the first who was able to show, as early as 1929, that interviewers can affect the respondent's answers in a definite way. Since that time the number of studies on information-distortion in interviews has constantly increased (see for example Sudman and Bradburn, 1974; Dijkstra and van der Zouwen, 1982). By now there is clear evidence that the respondent's answers can be the result of numerous factors other than the respondent's opinion, attitude or whatever the investigator is interested in.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-19051-5_2
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Dijkstra, W. , van der Zouwen, J. v. (1988)., Types of inadequate interviewer behaviour in survey-interviews, in W. E. Saris & I. N. Gallhofer (eds.), Sociometric research I, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 24-35.
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