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dc.contributor.authorHart, Timothy
dc.contributor.authorRennison, Callie Marie
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Chris
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-09
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-19T22:43:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-02T00:11:08Z
dc.date.available2017-03-02T00:11:08Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2014-06-19T22:43:49Z
dc.identifier.issn1573-7799
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10940-005-4275-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/60683
dc.description.abstractFor more than three decades the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)—and its predecessor the National Crime Survey (NCS)—have been used to calculate estimates of nonfatal crime in the United States. Though the survey has contributed much to our understanding of criminal victimization, some aspects of the survey’s methodology continue to be analyzed (e.g., repeat victimizations, proxy interviews, and bounding). Surprisingly, one important aspect of NCVS methodology has escaped this scrutiny: respondent fatigue. A potential source of nonsampling error, fatigue bias is thought to manifest as respondents become “test wise” after repeated exposure to NCVS survey instruments. Using a special longitudinal NCVS data file, we revisit the presence and influence of respondent fatigue in the NCVS. Specifically, we test the theory that respondents exposed to longer interviews during their first interview are more likely to refuse to participate in the survey 6 months later. Contrary to expectations based on the literature, results show that prior reporting of victimization and exposure to a longer interview is not a significant predictor of a noninterview during the following time-in-sample once relevant individual characteristics are accounted for. Findings do demonstrate significant effects of survey mode and several respondent characteristics on subsequent survey non-participation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom345
dc.relation.ispartofpageto362
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Quantitative Criminology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume21
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCauses and Prevention of Crime
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1602
dc.titleRevisiting Respondent “Fatigue Bias” in the National Crime Victimization Survey
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codec1x
gro.facultyArts, Education and Law
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorHart, Timothy


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