German Internet Panel (GIP) – Module “Inflation” November Wave 2014 (English Version)

Untertitel/Art des Pretests:

Cognitive Online-Pretest

Auftraggeber:

Uni Mannheim

Prof. Dr. Nicole Baerg

Webseite:

https://reforms.uni-mannheim.de/internet_panel/Internet_Panel/

DOI des Datensatzes im GESIS Datenarchiv:

dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.12620

Projektbeschreibung:

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is part of the collaborative research center 884 “The Political Economy of Reforms“ (CRC 884) at the University of Mannheim. The GIP is the central data collection instrument at the CRC and provides information about individual reform preferences and their change in several research teams. At the same time GIP is the first longitudinal study conducted online that is based on a random sample of the population. It also includes people who did not have access to computers and/or internet before by providing them with the necessary equipment.

Anzahl Testpersonen:

108

Auswahl und Merkmale der Testpersonen:

Quota sample. The selection of the target population was based on age-group (18 - 40 years; 41 years and older), education (“Fachhochschulreife”/”Abitur”; no “Abitur”) and gender quota:

18 - 40 years, Less than "Abitur", 11 females and 7 males
18 - 40 years, "Fachhochschulreife"/"Abitur", 12 females and 15 males
41 years and older, Less than "Abitur", 19 females and 18 males
41 years and older, "Fachhochschulreife"/"Abitur", 10 females and 16 males

Pretestmodus:

Web Probing

Feldzeit des Pretests:

07/2014 - 08/2014

DOI:

10.17173/pretest41

Zusammenfassung:

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is part of the collaborative research center 884 “The Political Economy of Reforms“ (CRC 884) at the University of Mannheim.
In preparation of a sub-module about “inflation“ for the panel-wave in November 2014, some questions were tested in an online-pretest from a methodological angle to potentially improve them.
The questions were tested in a cognitive online pretest via web probing.

*Note: The items were tested in German. The items documented here are English translations of the original German wordings.*

Befragungsmodus:

CAWI

Pretestmodus:

Web Probing

Vorgehensweise:

Usage of an online-questionnaire with additional open and closed probing-questions.

Testpersonenhonorar:

5 Euro

Pretestbericht (Deutsch):

Pretestbericht (Englisch):

Zitation:

Lenzner, T., & Soiné, H. (2014): German Internet Panel (GIP) – Module “Inflation” November Wave 2014 (English Version). Cognitive Online-Pretest. GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Frage-Nr.	Pretestergebnisse	Typ	Konstrukt
1	Currently, that is in July 2014, a person spends 1.500 Euro per month on food and clothes.What is your estimate: how much is this person going to spend on the same foods and clothes in July 2015?Please assume that neither the person's living conditions nor his or her consumer behavior is going to change, that is, he or she will purchase similar products and services as today.	Single Question	Expected change of costs due to inflation
2	In question 1, you said that a person is going to spend [XXXX] EUR on food and clothing in July 2015. This amount corresponds to an inflation rate of [X] percent.Now, if you take into account the ECB's expectations, what do you estimate: how much euros will this person pay for the same food and clothing in July 2015?Please assume that neither the person's living conditions nor his or her consumer behavior is going to change, that is, he or she will purchase similar products and services as today.	Single Question	Expected changes of costs due to inflation under consideration of the ECB
3	What annual inflation rate do you expect in 5 years?	Single Question	Estimation of the inflation rate in 5 years
4	What annual inflation rate do you expect in 10 years?	Single Question	Estimation of the inflation rate in 10 years
5	In question 2 you read the following information:Condition 1: The inflation expectations for the euro zone coincide with the aim of the European Central Bank to keep price increase at a reasonable level.Condition 2: The inflation expectations for the euro zone coincide with the aim of the European Central Bank to keep price increase at approximately 2 percent.How detailed do you find this information to be?	Single Question	Detailedness of the conditions (Question 2)
6	What do you think, how well does the ECB do in keeping prices stable?	Single Question	Price stability of the ECB
7	Which combination of price and loan repayment would you personally prefer?	Single Question	Preference of the combination of price and loan repayment
8	How often do you watch or read the news?	Single Question	Frequencies of watching/reading news
9	How often do you watch or read news about economic issues?	Single Question	Frequencies of watching/reading news about economic topics