Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad data, study finds

Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad data, study finds

2 years ago
Anonymous $dEyjbtEkMr

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220128153553.htm

The study found that people tire from questions that vary only slightly and tend to give similar answers to all questions as the survey progresses. Marketers, policymakers, and researchers who rely on long surveys to predict consumer or voter behavior will have more accurate data if they craft surveys designed to elicit reliable, original answers, the researchers suggest.

"We wanted to know, is gathering more data in surveys always better, or could asking too many questions lead to respondents providing less useful responses as they adapt to the survey," said first author Ye Li, a UC Riverside assistant professor of management. "Could this paradoxically lead to asking more questions but getting worse results?"