Survey self-assessments, reporting behaviour and the use of externally collected vignettes

Mark  Harris; Rachel Knott; Paula Lorgelly; Nigel Rice

Survey self-assessments, reporting behaviour and the use of externally collected vignettes

Mark Harris, Rachel Knott, Paula Lorgelly, Nigel Rice

Research output: Working paper

Abstract

The anchoring vignette approach has grown in popularity as a method to
adjust for reporting heterogeneity in subjective self-reports, removing bias due to
systematic variation in reporting styles across study respondents. The use of
anchoring vignettes, however, has been limited to surveys where both
self-reports and vignette questions have been included. This diminishes
their wider application. We illustrate, using an application to
self-assessed health in a large household survey, how externally
collected vignettes can be used to adjust for reporting heterogeneity
in self-reports observed in datasets where vignettes have not been included.
Given that self-reports to survey questions are an important facet of
social research to understand differences across socio-economic groups and
populations, we anticipate the approach described will lead to new
applications of the anchoring vignette methodology.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Curtin
Publisher	Curtin University
Pages	1-26
Number of pages	26
Volume	15/8
Publication status	Published - 23 Nov 2015

Publication series

Name	Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper
Publisher	University of Curtin
No.	15/8

Keywords

Anchoring vignettes
self-reports
reporting heterogeneity

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http://business.curtin.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2015/12/bcec-working-paper-1508.pdf

Curtin Business School Economics Research Workshop
Nigel Rice (Keynote/plenary speaker)
1 Oct 2015
Activity: Talk or presentation › Workshop

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Survey self-assessments, reporting behaviour and the use of externally collected vignettes

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