Be Wary of Those Who Ask : A Randomized Experiment on the Size and Determinants of the Enumerator Effect (English)

During survey data collection, respondents' answers may be influenced by the behavior and characteristics of the enumerator, the so-called enumerator effect. Using a large-scale experiment in Uganda randomly pairing enumerators and respondents, the study explores for which types of questions the enumerator effect may exist. It is found that the enumerator effect is minimal in many questions, but is large for political preference questions, for which...

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Di Maio,Michele;

Fiala,Nathan V.;
Document Date
2018/12/11
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8671
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/12/11
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Be Wary of Those Who Ask : A Randomized Experiment on the Size and Determinants of the Enumerator Effect
Keywords
sociological methods

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Di Maio,Michele; Fiala,Nathan V..

Be Wary of Those Who Ask : A Randomized Experiment on the Size and Determinants of the Enumerator Effect (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8671 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/430221544543787320

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