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Dealing with Careless Responding in Survey Data: Prevention, Identification, and Recommended Best Practices.
1Tacoma, Washington, USA;
Annual Review of Psychology
|August 16, 2022
Summary
Online surveys are susceptible to careless responding, where participants don't pay attention, skewing results. This review offers strategies to prevent, detect, and manage careless survey responses to improve data quality.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Survey Methodology
- Data Quality
Background:
- Online surveys offer benefits but are vulnerable to careless responding.
- Careless responding compromises data integrity and psychometric properties.
- This issue impacts various psychological research areas relying on self-report measures.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide a comprehensive understanding of careless responding in online surveys.
- To synthesize existing literature on preventing, identifying, reporting, and cleaning careless responses.
- To offer recommendations for screening careless responses and suggest future research directions.
Main Methods:
- Literature review synthesizing research on careless responding.
- Analysis of methods for prevention, identification, reporting, and data cleaning.
- Development of recommendations for screening protocols.
Main Results:
- Careless responding poses a significant threat to the validity of online survey data.
- A range of techniques exist for managing careless responding across the research lifecycle.
- Screening recommendations are provided for different research contexts.
Conclusions:
- Addressing careless responding is crucial for maintaining the quality and reliability of psychological research.
- Implementing robust strategies for managing careless responses enhances data accuracy.
- Future research should focus on refining detection methods and understanding the nuances of respondent inattention.
Keywords:
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