In a telephone setting, better to place linkage consent requests at the beginning of the survey; cognitive load gets higher as the survey goes on, so it is important to ask earlier. Interviewer effects can also be quite strong on consent requests, and can depend on...
Interviewers can have very strong effects on record linkage consent rates (and potentially consent bias), and additional studies of explanations for these effects are needed.
In an effort to reduce data collection costs survey organizations are considering more costeffective means of data collection. Such means include greater use of self-administered interview modes and acquiring substantive information from external administrative...
Data from social media platforms such as Twitter can be very useful when it is linked to survey data, as it provides a vast amount of information on the thoughts and opinions on various topics of those who utilize these platforms, and do so in almost real-time. Due to...
Surveys are increasingly asking respondents to complete additional data collection tasks that go beyond completing survey questionnaires. These might include tasks embedded within the survey, such as consents for data linkage, and tasks respondents have to complete...