Interviewer effects in measuring network size using a single name generator

• Published in: Social networks Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Author: Marsden, Peter V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 2003; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Aged; Egocentric networks; Elderly; Error; History, theory and methodology; Interviewer effects; Interviewers; Measurement; Measures (Instruments); Methodology; Name generators; Netherlands; Network Analysis; Reliability; Research Responses; Researcher Subject Relations; Social Networks; Social surveys; Sociodemographic Characteristics; Sociology; Surveys; Egocentric networks; Interviewer effects; Name generators; Survey; Methodology; Statistics; Interviewer; Network; Name

Name generators used to measure egocentric networks are complex survey questions that make substantial demands on respondents and interviewers alike. They are therefore vulnerable to interviewer effects, which arise when interviewers administer questions differently in ways that affect responses-in...