A rich and diverse literature exists on the effects that human interviewers can have on
different aspects of the survey data collection process. This research synthesis uses the …

Survey interviews are conducted to produce objective, accurate information in which
interviewers ask questions as worded and their discretionary speech is carefully managed …

Several studies have shown that conversational interviewing (CI) reduces response bias for
complex survey questions relative to standardized interviewing. However, no studies have …

Maddox (2017) argues that respondents' talk and gesture during an assessment inform
researchers how a response product has evolved. Indeed, how a task is performed …

This article discusses talk and gesture as neglected sources of process data (Maddox, 2015,
Maddox and Zumbo, 2017). The significance of the article is the growing use of various …

Although it has long been acknowledged that interviewers play a crucial role in the survey
data collection process, there is little research concerning interviewer effects on how …

Recent methodological studies have attempted to decompose the interviewer variance
introduced in interviewer-administered surveys into its potential sources, using the Total …

Background Many population health surveys consist of a mixed-mode design that includes a
face-to-face (F2F) interview followed by a paper-and-pencil (P&P) self-administered …

Interviewers influence data quality in surveys unintentionally or intentionally. Within the
framework of theories on interviewers' motivation, we analyze influences of interviewers' …

Previous research shows that interviewers to some extent fail to expend the effort that is
needed to collect high-quality survey data. We extend the idea of interviewer satisficing to a …