When Respondents Don't Care Anymore: Identifying the Onset of Careless Responding

arXiv:2303.07167v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Questionnaires in the behavioral and organizational sciences tend to be lengthy: survey measures comprising hundreds of items are the norm rather than the exception. However, literature suggests that the longer a questionnaire takes, the higher the probability that participants lose interest and start responding carelessly. Consequently, in long surveys a large number of participants may engage in careless responding, posing a major threat to internal validity. We propose a novel method for identifying the onset …

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