Response styles and the quality of survey data. Evidence from Guyana

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2011 - 2014 (completed)
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Based on eight chapters, half of which have been published as research papers, this thesis demonstrates the role of cultural factors such as urbanity in response styles of survey data. Although rating scales are quite popular ways of obtaining opinions in surveys, response styles are generally not controlled in data analysis. This has important consequences for the accuracy of research results, as evidenced in the author's Guyanese dataset.

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