Impact of response scale direction on survey responses in web and mobile web surveys > Wave 2
Longitudinal Wave
General Information
Title
Wave 2
Project Number
146.2
Abstract
This is the second wave of a study on the impact of changing scale direction.
Longitudinal Type
Longitudinal Wave
Begin date
06-10-2014
End date
28-10-2014
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-z3f-jc65
Datasets and documentation
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Codebook in English
Codebook in Dutch
Data Files
English SPSS file
English STATA file
English CSV file
Variables
| Variable name | Variable Label | Variable Type |
|---|---|---|
| nomem_encr | Number of household member encrypted | preloaded |
| lw14b_m | Year and month of the field work period | constructed |
| lw14b001 | Preloaded variable - Scale direction | preloaded |
| lw14b002 | Preloaded variable - Answering category | preloaded |
| lw14b003 | Preloaded variable - Number of answering alternatives | preloaded |
| lw14b004 | Preloaded variable - Type of labeling | preloaded |
| lw14b005 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b006 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b007 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b008 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b009 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b010 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b011 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b012 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b013 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b014 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b015 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b016 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b017 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b018 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b019 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b020 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b021 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b022 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b023 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b024 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b025 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b026 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b027 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b028 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b029 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b030 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b031 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b032 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b033 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b034 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b035 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b036 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b037 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b038 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b039 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b040 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b041 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b042 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b043 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b044 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b045 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b046 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b047 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b048 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b049 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b050 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b051 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b052 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b053 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b054 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b055 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b056 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b057 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b058 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b059 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b060 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b061 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b062 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b063 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b064 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b065 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b066 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b067 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b068 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b069 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b070 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b071 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b072 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b073 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b074 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b075 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b076 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b077 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b078 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b079 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b080 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b081 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b082 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b083 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b084 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b085 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b086 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b087 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b088 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b089 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b090 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b091 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b092 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b093 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b094 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b095 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b096 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b097 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b098 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b099 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b100 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b101 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b102 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b103 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b104 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b105 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b106 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b107 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b108 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b109 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b110 | I tend to "run on automatic" without much awareness of what I am doing. | directly measured |
| lw14b111 | I tend to rush through activities without being really attentive to them. | directly measured |
| lw14b112 | I tend to get so completely absorbed in what I am doing that all of my attention is focused on it. | directly measured |
| lw14b113 | I tend to do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time. | directly measured |
| lw14b114 | My mind often wanders off when I do things. | directly measured |
| lw14b115 | I often feel easily distracted. | directly measured |
| lw14b116 | Sometimes, politics and government seem so complicated that a person like me can't really understand what's going on. | directly measured |
| lw14b117 | I feel that I have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing our country. | directly measured |
| lw14b118 | Public officials don't care much what people like me think. | directly measured |
| lw14b119 | People like me don't have any say about what the government does. | directly measured |
| lw14b120 | In this country’s elections, votes are often counted fairly. | directly measured |
| lw14b121 | Journalists often provide fair coverage of elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b122 | In this country’s elections, election officials are often fair. | directly measured |
| lw14b123 | Voters are often offered a genuine choice at the ballot box. | directly measured |
| lw14b124 | Rich people often buy elections. | directly measured |
| lw14b125 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b126 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b127 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b128 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b129 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b130 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b131 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b132 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b133 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b134 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b135 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b136 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b137 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b138 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b139 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b140 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b141 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b142 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b143 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b144 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b145 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b146 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b147 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b148 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b149 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b150 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b151 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b152 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b153 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b154 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b155 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b156 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b157 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b158 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b159 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b160 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b161 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b162 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b163 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b164 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b165 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b166 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b167 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b168 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b169 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b170 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b171 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b172 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b173 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b174 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b175 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b176 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b177 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b178 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b179 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b180 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b181 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b182 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b183 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b184 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b185 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b186 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b187 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b188 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b189 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b190 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b191 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b192 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b193 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b194 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b195 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b196 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b197 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b198 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b199 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b200 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b201 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b202 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b203 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b204 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b205 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b206 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b207 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b208 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b209 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b210 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b211 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b212 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b213 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b214 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b215 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b216 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b217 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b218 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b219 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b220 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b221 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b222 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b223 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b224 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b225 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b226 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b227 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b228 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b229 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b230 | How often do you "run on automatic" without much awareness of what you are doing? | directly measured |
| lw14b231 | How often do you rush through activities without being really attentive to them? | directly measured |
| lw14b232 | How often do you get so completely absorbed in what you are doing that all of your attention is focused on it? | directly measured |
| lw14b233 | How often do you do several things at once rather than focusing on one thing at a time? | directly measured |
| lw14b234 | How often does your mind wander off when you do things? | directly measured |
| lw14b235 | How often do you feel easily distracted? | directly measured |
| lw14b236 | How often do politics and government seem so complicated that a person like you can’t really understand what is gonging on? | directly measured |
| lw14b237 | How often do you feel that you have a pretty good understanding of the important political issues facing this country? | directly measured |
| lw14b238 | How often do you feel that public officially don’t care much what people like you think? | directly measured |
| lw14b239 | How often do you feel that people like you don’t have any say about what the government does? | directly measured |
| lw14b240 | In this country’s elections, how often are votes counted fairly? | directly measured |
| lw14b241 | In this country’s elections, how often do journalists provide fair coverage of elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b242 | In this country’s elections, how often are election officials fair? | directly measured |
| lw14b243 | How often are voters offered a genuine choice at the ballot box? | directly measured |
| lw14b244 | How often do rich people buy elections? | directly measured |
| lw14b245 | In your opinion, in which direction should the answer categories go? | directly measured |
| lw14b246 | Why do you say that? | directly measured |
| lw14b247 | In your opinion, in which direction should the answer categories go? | directly measured |
| lw14b248 | Why do you say that? | directly measured |
| lw14b249 | At the moment, what device do you use filling out this questionnaire? I’m using a… | directly measured |
| lw14b250 | At the moment, what device do you use filling out this questionnaire? I’m using a… - Other, that is | directly measured |
| lw14b251 | Was it difficult to answer the questions? | directly measured |
| lw14b252 | Were the questions sufficiently clear? | directly measured |
| lw14b253 | Did the questionnaire get you thinking about things? | directly measured |
| lw14b254 | Was it an interesting subject? | directly measured |
| lw14b255 | Did you enjoy answering the questions? | directly measured |
| lw14b256 | Starting date questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14b257 | Starting time questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14b258 | End date questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14b259 | End time questionnaire | constructed |
| lw14b260 | Duration in seconds | derived |
Questions
Questionnaire: Scale direction wave 2
The questionnaire was administered in Dutch
Browse Scale direction wave 2Response Information
Response Overview
Selected number of household members: 3,635 (100.0%)Non-response: 893 (24.6%)
Response: 2,742 (75.4%)
Complete: 2,740 (75.3%)
Incomplete: 2 (0.1%)
Collection Events
Period
06-10-2014 to 28-10-2014
Sample
Random selection of over 3,500 panel members aged 16 years or higher, equal to that of wave 1.
Collection Mode
internet survey
Fieldwork Note
A reminder was sent twice to non-respondents