The Memory Factor in Social Surveys
作者:
PercyG. Gray,
期刊:
Journal of the American Statistical Association
(Taylor Available online 1955)
卷期:
Volume 50,
issue 270
页码: 344-363
ISSN:0162-1459
年代: 1955
DOI:10.1080/01621459.1955.10501269
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This article considers the problems of framing questions, the answers to which depend on the informants' memories. The problems are illustrated with examples from the British Survey of Sickness. In an experiment in which a group of government employees were asked to recall what sick leave they had taken and when, the predominant error consisted of forgettingwhenthe leave occurred rather than forgetting it completely. The results of checks on other memory questions show the importance of carefully defining and redefining for the informant the period of time a question covers.
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