Item Text | Actively tested |
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a.) In Germany, international corporations are increasingly harming local companies.Item Text:Recommendations:
To clarify the focus of the item and ideally reduce the number of "Don't know" answers, the item should be reworded:
“Large international corporations are increasingly harming small companies in Germany." [„Große internationale Konzerne schaden zunehmend den kleinen Unternehmen in Deutschland.“] Findings:A total of six test persons, spontaneously or when asked, stated that they did not have sufficient information or knowledge to answer this statement. Four of these test persons answer "Don't know" (TP 01, TP 03, TP 07, TP 13), two test persons (TP 09, TP 20) "Neither". For these last two subjects, the middle category acts as a hidden "Don't know" option.
Another test person (TP 06) spontaneously comments that it is unclear to her whether the statement refers to international corporations that also (i.e. additionally) operate in Germany or only to international corporations that are based abroad. Question Topic:
Politics/ Attitudes, appraisals, & ideologies
Construct:Globalization/Trade
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Yes |
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No |
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No |
d.) International organizations take too much power away from the German government.Item Text:Recommendations:
The term 'international organizations’ could be specified by listing examples (e.g. United Nations, World Trade Organization, European Union, European Central Bank):
“International organizations like [...] are taking too much power away from the German government.” [„Internationale Organisationen wie die […] nehmen der deutschen Regierung zu viel Macht weg.“] Findings:Four test subjects answer "Don't know" in this statement. Of these, two test persons (TP 01, TP 11) state that they do not have the knowledge to answer this question. The other two subjects (TP 09, TP 10) justify their answer by stating that it is unclear to them which organizations are meant in the statement:
Question Topic:
Politics/ Attitudes, appraisals, & ideologies
Construct:Globalization/Trade
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Yes |
e.) I feel more like a citizen of the world and thus connected to the world at large and less like a citizen of a particular country.Item Text:Recommendations:
Reformulate into:
"I feel more connected to the world at large and less like a citizen of a particular country." [„Ich fühle mich eher mit der Welt insgesamt verbunden und weniger als Bürger eines bestimmten Landes.“] Findings:The test persons use the full range of scales.
The term "citizen of the world" is misinterpreted by three test persons in the sense of "multicultural society" or "world population" or understood as if one had a responsibility as a German to inform oneself about world events and to engage in civic engagement:
Since five of the six test persons who misinterpret the statement or with whom it remains unclear whether they have understood the item in the intended sense agree with the statement or answer "neither nor", there is a risk that this misinterpretation leads to a distortion of the answers and that the proportion of those who actually feel like "citizens of the world" is overestimated. Question Topic:
Politics/ Attitudes, appraisals, & ideologies
Construct:Globalization/Trade
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Yes |