scholarly journals Testing Question Order Effects of Self-perception of Risk Propensity on Simple Lottery Choices as Measures of the Actual Risk Propensity

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-59
Author(s):  
Jakub Golik
Keyword(s):  
Order Effects ◽  
Risk Propensity ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Perception Of Risk ◽  
Actual Risk ◽  
Question Order ◽  
Lottery Choices

The Effect of Changes to Question Order on the Prevalence of ‘Sufficient’ Physical Activity in an Australian Population Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 390-396
Author(s):  
Christine Hanley ◽  
Mitch J. Duncan ◽  
W. Kerry Mummery
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Total Activity ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Moderate Activity ◽  
Question Order ◽  
Recreational Walking ◽  
Cati Survey ◽  
The Impact

Background:Population surveys are frequently used to assess prevalence, correlates and health benefits of physical activity. However, nonsampling errors, such as question order effects, in surveys may lead to imprecision in self reported physical activity. This study examined the impact of modified question order in a commonly used physical activity questionnaire on the prevalence of sufficient physical activity.Methods:Data were obtained from a telephone survey of adults living in Queensland, Australia. A total of 1243 adults participated in the computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) survey conducted in July 2008 which included the Active Australia Questionnaire (AAQ) presented in traditional or modified order. Binary logistic regression analyses was used to examine relationships between question order and physical activity outcomes.Results:Significant relationships were found between question order and sufficient activity, recreational walking, moderate activity, vigorous activity, and total activity. Respondents who received the AAQ in modified order were more likely to be categorized as sufficiently active (OR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.01−1.60).Conclusions:This study highlights the importance of question order on estimates of self reported physical activity. This study has shown that changes in question order can lead to an increase in the proportion of participants classified as sufficiently active.

Assessing the Perceived Importance of Skin Cancer: How Question-Order Effects Are Influenced by Issue Involvement

2005 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv N. Rimal ◽  
Kevin Real
Keyword(s):  
Skin Cancer ◽  
Telephone Survey ◽  
Formative Research ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
The Public ◽  
Issue Involvement ◽  
Perceived Importance ◽  
Question Order ◽  
Health Related

Question-order effects refer to systematic differences in responses that can be attributed to the manner in which questions assessing attitudes and cognitions are asked. This article hypothesized that question-order effects in assessing the perceived importance of skin cancer would be moderated by the extent to which people are involved with the issue of skin cancer. A telephone survey ( N = 325) was conducted by administering two versions of the same questionnaire, one in which importance of skin cancer was assessed without other contextual variables and another in which contextual variables were asked before assessing the importance of skin cancer. As hypothesized, when people were highly involved with the issue, question-order effects did not occur. When involvement was low, importance of skin cancer was greater in the absence of contextual questions than in their presence. Findings have implications for how health-related issues are communicated to the public and how formative research is conducted.

scholarly journals Perceptions of risk for COVID-19 among individuals with chronic diseases and stakeholders in Central Appalachia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manik Ahuja ◽  
Hadii M. Mamudu ◽  
Florence M. Weierbach ◽  
Karilynn Dowling-McClay ◽  
David W. Stewart ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Linear Models ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Perception Of Risk ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Actual Risk ◽  
Central Appalachia

AbstractCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving and is a serious public health threat worldwide. Timely and effective control of the pandemic is highly dependent on preventive approaches. Perception of risk is a major determinant of health behavior. The current study explores the association between actual risk and perceived risk for one’s self, family/friends and friends, and community. A questionnaire was administered to participants in Central Appalachia (n = 102). The actual risk was based on the number of chronic conditions of the following conditions: hypertension, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Participants were also queried about their perception of risk for COVID-19. Generalized Linear Models were used to independently evaluate the likelihood of perceived risk for one’s: self, family/friends, and community, based on actual risk. Actual risk for COVID-19 was significantly associated with higher likelihood of higher perception of risk for one’s self (b = 0.24; p = 0.04), but not with one’s family/friends (b = 0.05; p = 0.68), or one’s community (b = 0.14; p = 0.16). No health insurance was negatively associated with perception of risk for self (b = −0.59; p = 0.04) and family/friends (b = −0.92; p < 0.001). Male gender (b = −0.47; p = 0.01) was also negatively associated with perception of risk for family/friends. In conclusion, individuals’ actual risk for COVID-19 is associated with their own perception of risk. This indicates that one’s perception of risk for COVID-19 is greater for their own health compared to their family/friends or the community. Therefore, monitoring and following up with chronic disease patients and addressing their lack of awareness of risk to others is needed to prevent and curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Genital Human Papillomavirus Infections: Knowledge, Perception of Risk, and Actual Risk in a Nonclinic Population of Young Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
JACQUELINE E. RAMIREZ ◽  
DEBBIE M. RAMOS ◽  
LISA CLAYTON ◽  
SAUL KANOWITZ ◽  
ANNA-BARBARA MOSCICKI
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Papillomavirus Infections ◽  
Perception Of Risk ◽  
Actual Risk

scholarly journals Individual Circadian Preference, Shift Work, and Risk of Medication Errors: A Cross-Sectional Web Survey among Italian Midwives

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5810
Author(s):  
Rosaria Cappadona ◽  
Emanuele Di Simone ◽  
Alfredo De Giorgi ◽  
Benedetta Boari ◽  
Marco Di Muzio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medication Error ◽  
Shift Work ◽  
Medication Errors ◽  
Preference Assessment ◽  
Early Morning ◽  
Healthcare Personnel ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Perception Of Risk ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Circadian Preference

Background: In order to explore the possible association between chronotype and risk of medication errors and chronotype in Italian midwives, we conducted a web-based survey. The questionnaire comprised three main components: (1) demographic information, previous working experience, actual working schedule; (2) individual chronotype, either calculated by Morningness–Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ); (3) self-perception of risk of medication error. Results: Midwives (n = 401) responded “yes, at least once” to the question dealing with self-perception of risk of medication error in 48.1% of cases. Cluster analysis showed that perception of risk of medication errors was associated with class of age 31–35 years, shift work schedule, working experience 6–10 years, and Intermediate-type MEQ score. Conclusions: Perception of the risk of medication errors is present in near one out of two midwives in Italy. In particular, younger midwives with lower working experience, engaged in shift work, and belonging to an Intermediate chronotype, seem to be at higher risk of potential medication error. Since early morning hours seem to represent highest risk frame for female healthcare workers, shift work is not always aligned with individual circadian preference. Assessment of chronotype could represent a method to identify healthcare personnel at higher risk of circadian disruption.

Question-Order Effects on the Determinants of Subjective Well-Being

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 351 ◽  
Author(s):  
McKee J. McClendon ◽  
David J. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Question Order

Question order effects.

2012 ◽  
pp. 229-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Rasinski ◽  
Lisa Lee ◽  
Parvati Krishnamurty
Keyword(s):  
Order Effects ◽  
Question Order

scholarly journals Question Order and Multidimensionality of Partisanship

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 501-514
Author(s):  
Michael A. Maggiotto ◽  
Gary D. Wekkin
Keyword(s):  
Political Behavior ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
National State ◽  
Question Order ◽  
Special Concern ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Partisan Identification

The recognition of question-order problems has prompted a reexamination of theory and data in several areas of political behavior. The possibility of question-order effects is of special concern to the study of party identification, the original conceptualization of which has been criticized for disregarding multi dimensionality. We have yet to discover whether the sequence and/or proximity of items measuring multiple, related dimensions may influence findings. An area of research in which results may be especially susceptible to reactivity is that of multiple partisan identification. Most of the studies in this literature asked respondents a context-differentiated sequence of items about their partisan identification in national and state and (infrequently) local politics, respectively, separated only by the usual probes for intensity and direction. The responses obtained logically risk contamination by either consistency or contrast effects, as well as by salience or frame-of-reference effects generated by intervening or antecedent, nonrecursively-related items. In this study, we report the results of two experiments used to control for potential question-order effects in the measurement of multiple party identification. In the first, national and state partisan identification items were alternated in sequence in order to test whether responses to national partisan identification items structure responses to state (and local) partisan identification items. In the second, party thermometer items, national, state, and local partisan identification items, and national, state, and local retrospective evaluations of party governing performance were rotated sequentially. Generally, responses to these three measures of partisanship did not differ significantly as the order of appearance changed.

Question-Order Effects in Surveys: The Case of Political Interest, News Attention, and Knowledge

2003 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic L. Lasorsa
Keyword(s):  
Context Effects ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
Order Effects ◽  
Knowledge Test ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Survey Questions ◽  
Question Order

Subjects were exposed to one of three survey versions differing only in question order. Those who first faced difficult political knowledge questions reported significantly lower levels of both political interest and news attention than those who did not first face the knowledge test. However, when the knowledge questions and the interest and attention questions were separated by a “buffer” item that could serve as an excuse for poor knowledge, self-assessed interest and attention were less depressed. Characteristics of survey questions that may make them particularly susceptible to these types of question-order context effects are discussed and strategies for dealing with such effects are noted.

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