European Social Survey

Switching from face-to-face to self-interviewing. The problem of mode effects

One of the major problems in estimating the mode measurement effect in (mixed-mode) surveys is that isolation of the causal effect of mode on measurement is difficult. Using face-to-face will result in different types of respondents that participate in the survey than when recruitment is done using postal invitations. Differences in selection effects that are hard to separate from the fact that respondents also react differently to the mode of the interview.

Comparison of ESS rounds 9 and 10: mode differences

One of the major problems in estimating the mode measurement effect in (mixed-mode) surveys is that isolation of the causal effect of mode on measurement is difficult due to the fact that selection and measurement effects are (potentially) …

ESS round 10 mode experiments in Great Britain and Finland. Findings on mode effects

One of the major problems in estimating the mode measurement effect in (mixed-mode) surveys is that isolation of the causal effect of mode on measurement is difficult due to the fact that selection and measurement effects are (potentially) …