Impact of response scale direction on survey responses in web and mobile web surveys > Wave 1
Longitudinal Wave
General Information
Title
Wave 1
Project Number
146.1
Abstract
This is the first wave of a study on the impact of changing scale direction.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
01-09-2014
End date
30-09-2014
Researcher
Ting Yan (University of Michigan); Florian Keusch (University of Michigan)
Publisher
Centerdata
Copyright
© 2022 Centerdata
Funding Organization
CentERdata/MESS Project
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zd8-mx9u
Datasets and documentation
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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
English Browser information
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| lw14a_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| lw14a001 | Preloaded variable - Scale direction | preloaded |
| lw14a002 | Preloaded variable - Answering category | preloaded |
| lw14a003 | Preloaded variable - Number of answering alternatives | preloaded |
| lw14a004 | Preloaded variable - Type of labeling | preloaded |
| lw14a005 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a006 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a007 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a008 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a009 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a010 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a011 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a012 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a013 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a014 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a015 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a016 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a017 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a018 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a019 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a020 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a021 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a022 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a023 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a024 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a025 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a026 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a027 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a028 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a029 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a030 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a031 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a032 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a033 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a034 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a035 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a036 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a037 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a038 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a039 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a040 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a041 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a042 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a043 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a044 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a045 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a046 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a047 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a048 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a049 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a050 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a051 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a052 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a053 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a054 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a055 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a056 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a057 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a058 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a059 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a060 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a061 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a062 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a063 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a064 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a065 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a066 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a067 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a068 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a069 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a070 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a071 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a072 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a073 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a074 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a075 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a076 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a077 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a078 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a079 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a080 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a081 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a082 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a083 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a084 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a085 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a086 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a087 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a088 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a089 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a090 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a091 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a092 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a093 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a094 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a095 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a096 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a097 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a098 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a099 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a100 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a101 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a102 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a103 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a104 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a105 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a106 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a107 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a108 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a109 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a110 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14a111 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14a112 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14a113 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14a114 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14a115 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14a116 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14a117 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14a118 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14a119 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14a120 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14a121 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a122 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14a123 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14a124 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14a125 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a126 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a127 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a128 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a129 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a130 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a131 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a132 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a133 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a134 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a135 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a136 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a137 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a138 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a139 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a140 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a141 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a142 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a143 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a144 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a145 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a146 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a147 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a148 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a149 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a150 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a151 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a152 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a153 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a154 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a155 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a156 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a157 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a158 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a159 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a160 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a161 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a162 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a163 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a164 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a165 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a166 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a167 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a168 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a169 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a170 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a171 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a172 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a173 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a174 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a175 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a176 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a177 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a178 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a179 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a180 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a181 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a182 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a183 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a184 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a185 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a186 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a187 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a188 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a189 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a190 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a191 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a192 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a193 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a194 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a195 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a196 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a197 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a198 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a199 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a200 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a201 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a202 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a203 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a204 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a205 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a206 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a207 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a208 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a209 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a210 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a211 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a212 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a213 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a214 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a215 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a216 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a217 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a218 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a219 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a220 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a221 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a222 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a223 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a224 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a225 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a226 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a227 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a228 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a229 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a230 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14a231 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14a232 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14a233 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14a234 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14a235 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14a236 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14a237 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14a238 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14a239 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14a240 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14a241 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a242 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14a243 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14a244 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14a245 | In your opinion, in which direction should the answer categories go? | directly measured |
| lw14a246 | Why do you say that? | directly measured |
| lw14a247 | In your opinion, in which direction should the answer categories go? | directly measured |
| lw14a248 | Why do you say that? | directly measured |
| lw14a249 | At the moment, what device do you use filling out this questionnaire? I’m using a… | directly measured |
| lw14a250 | At the moment, what device do you use filling out this questionnaire? I’m using a… - Other, that is | directly measured |
| lw14a251 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| lw14a252 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| lw14a253 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| lw14a254 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| lw14a255 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| lw14a256 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14a257 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14a258 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14a259 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14a260 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Scale direction wave 1
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch.
Browse Scale direction wave 1Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,635 (100.0%)Non-response: 628 (17.3%)
Response: 3,007 (82.7%)
Complete: 2,997 (82.4%)
Incomplete: 10 (0.3%)
Collection Events
Period
01-09-2014 to 30-09-2014
Sample
Random selection of over 3500 panel members aged 16 years or higher.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents.