ASKING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS - TASK COMPLEXITY INCREASES THE IMPACT OF RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES

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作者
BLESS, H [1 ]
BOHNER, G [1 ]
HILD, T [1 ]
SCHWARZ, N [1 ]
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[1] ZENTRUM UMFRAGEN & ANAL,MANNHEIM,GERMANY
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10.1002/ejsp.2420220309
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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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.
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