After reviewing situational and demographic factors that have been argued to affect speakers' disfluency rates, we examined rates in a corpus of task-oriented conversations ( Schober & Carstensen, 2001) with variables might fluency rates. These included: ages (young, middle-aged, older), task roles (director vs. matcher referential communication task), difficulty topic domain (abstract geometric figures photographs children), relationships between speakers (married strangers),...

Demonstrations that analyses of social media content can align with measurement from sample surveys have raised the question whether survey research be supplemented or even replaced less costly and burdensome data mining already-existing "found" content. But just how trustworthy such be—say, to replace official statistics—is unknown. Survey researchers scientists approach key questions starting assumptions analytic traditions differ on, for example, need representative samples drawn frames...

Standardized survey interviewing is widely advocated in order to reduce interviewer-related error, for example by Fowler and Mangione.But Suchman Jordan argue that standardized wording may decrease response accuracy because it prevents the conversational flexibility respondents need understand questions as designers intended.We propose arguments these competing positions-standardized versus flexible approaches-may be correct under different circumstances.In particular, both should produce...

The rise of social media websites (e.g., Facebook) and online services such as Google AdWords Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) offers new opportunities for researchers to recruit study participants. Although have started use these emerging methods, little is known about how they perform in terms cost efficiency and, more importantly, the types people that ultimately recruit. Here, we report findings performance four sources recruiting iPhone users participate a web survey. reveal very...

As people increasingly communicate via asynchronous non-spoken modes on mobile devices, particularly text messaging (e.g., SMS), longstanding assumptions and practices of social measurement telephone survey interviewing are being challenged. In the study reported here, 634 who had agreed to participate in an interview their iPhone were randomly assigned answer 32 questions from US surveys or speech, administered either by a human interviewer automated system. 10 interviewers University...

This study contrasts two interviewing techniques that reflect different tacit assumptions about communication. In one, strictly standardized interviewing, interviewers leave the interpretation of questions up to respondents. other, conversational say whatever it takes make sure are interpreted uniformly and as intended. Respondents from a national sample were interviewed twice. Each time they asked same factual ongoing government surveys, five housing recent purchases. The first interview...

Abstract When speakers describe locations, they must choose among taking their own perspective, addressee's, a shared frame of reference, and neutral reference that avoids the issue, other options. This study examines whether spatial perspectives minimize effort for themselves, partners, or both. It also are taken particular individuals, speaker addressee, person who knows information to be communicated. Three possible models proposed exactly how descriptions in perspective more difficult...

Journal Article Mobile Technologies for Conducting, Augmenting and Potentially Replacing Surveys: Executive Summary of the AAPOR Task Force on Emerging in Public Opinion Research Get access Michael W. Link, Link * Address correspondence to: Nielsen, 710 Springer Mountain Rd, Canton, GA 30114; e-mail: Michael.Link@Nielsen.com . Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joe Murphy, Murphy F. Schober, Schober Trent D. Buskirk, Buskirk Jennifer Hunter Childs, Childs...

Abstract Leaving the interpretation of words up to participants in standardized survey interviews, aptitude tests, and experiment instructions can lead unintended interpretation; more collaborative interviewing methods promote uniform understanding. In two laboratory studies (a factorial a naturalistic investigation), respondents interpreted ordinary concepts like ‘household furniture’ ‘living house’ quite differently than intended strictly when was left entirely them. Comprehension accurate...

Journal Article Why Do Survey Respondents Disclose More When Computers Ask the Questions? Get access Laura H. Lind, Lind is an independent researcher, San Francisco, CA, USA. Michael F. Schober a professor of psychology at New School for Social Research, York, NY, Frederick G. Conrad research in Research Center and director Michigan Program Methodology University Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Joint Maryland, College Park, MD, Heidi Reichert statistician Medical School, The authors thank...

To what extent and in arenas do collaborating musicians need to understand they are doing the same way? Two experienced jazz who had never previously played together three improvisations on a standard ("It Could Happen You") either side of visual barrier. They were then immediately interviewed separately about performances, their musical intentions, judgments partner's both from memory prompted with audiorecordings performances. Statements (audiorecorded) interviews as well statements an...

There is interest in using social media content to supplement or even substitute for survey data. In one of the first studies test feasibility this idea, O’Connor, Balasubramanyan, Routledge, and Smith report reasonably high correlations between sentiment tweets containing word “jobs” survey-based measures consumer confidence 2008–2009. Other researchers a similar relationship through 2011, but after that time it no longer observed, suggesting such may not be as promising an alternative...

When musicians improvise freely together-not following any sort of script, predetermined harmonic structure, or "referent"-to what extent do they understand are doing in the same way as each other? And to is their understanding privileged relative outside listeners with similar levels performing experience free improvisation? In this exploratory case study, a saxophonist and pianist international renown who knew other's work but had never performed together before were recorded while...

Abstract When web survey respondents self‐administer a questionnaire, what they are doing is in many ways similar to goes on human–human interviews. The studies presented here demonstrate that enabling engage the equivalent of clarification dialogue can improve respondents' comprehension questions and thus accuracy their answers, much as it In two laboratory experiments, (1) answered more accurately when could obtain clarification, is, ground understanding questions, than no was available,...

This study investigates how an onscreen virtual agent's dialog capability and facial animation affect survey respondents' comprehension engagement in "face-to-face" interviews, using questions from US government surveys whose results have far-reaching impact on national policies. In the study, 73 laboratory participants were randomly assigned to respond one of four interviewing conditions, which agent had either high or low (implemented through Wizard Oz) animation, based motion capture a...

Purpose This paper aims to explore the likelihood that face-to-face (FTF) interviewing will continue be “gold standard” survey method, which all other modes are compared, in an era daily communicative habits for many now involve selecting among alternative modes. Design/methodology/approach After outlining what is known about purported benefits and drawbacks of FTF interviewing, reviews recent findings raise questions whether still produces highest rates participation, best data quality...

Abstract This study examines how interlocutors' beliefs about each other's goals (partner‐goal beliefs) affect conversational references. Pairs of participants whose mismatched required getting information at a more or less specific level discussed abstract shapes. were either informed the goal difference, misinformed that same, noninformed difference. Partner‐goal affected collaborated on references: Speakers tailored their descriptions to fit addressees' goals, and verbal feedback was by...