Using screeners to measure respondent attention on self-administered surveys: Which items and how many?

Inattentive respondents introduce noise into data sets, weakening correlations between items and increasing the likelihood of null findings. “Screeners” have been proposed as a way to identify inattentive respondents, but questions remain regarding their implementation. First, what is the optimal nu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Berinsky, Adam, Margolis, Michele F., Sances, Michael W., Warshaw, Christopher
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Political Science
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/128277