Abstract:
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is an international cooperation program that conducts an annual joint survey on topics relevant to the social sciences. Since its foundation in 1984, the ISSP has grown to 48 member countries in 2013.
The subject of this pretest are questions from the ISSP surveys 2013 and 2014 in Germany on topics such as national pride, globalization, and ethnic pluralism.
The questions were tested via face-to-face cognitive interviews.
*Note: The items were tested in German. The items documented here are English translations of the original German wordings. The translations do not correspond exactly to the formulations in the English ISSP 2013 and 2014 source questionnaires.*
Citation:
Lenzner, T., Neuert, C., & Otto, W. (2013): International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2013/2014 (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.
DOI:
http://doi.org/10.17173/pretest88
Question
No. |
Pretesting Results |
Type |
Construct |
Question documented
in ZIS |
|
1
|
How often do you use the media, i.e. television, newspapers, radio and Internet, to obtain political information?
[Wie oft nutzen Sie die Medien, d.h. Fernsehen, Zeitungen, Radio und Internet, um sich politisch zu informieren?]
|
Single Question
|
Media use for the purpose of political information
|
No
|
|
2
|
How important is it for you...
[Wie wichtig ist es für Sie,...]
|
Multi-Item Scale
|
Attitudes towards democratic rights
|
No
|
|
3
|
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
[Inwieweit stimmen Sie den folgenden Aussagen zu oder nicht zu?]
|
Multi-Item Scale
|
National pride
|
No
|
|
4
|
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
[Inwieweit stimmen Sie den folgenden Aussagen zu oder nicht zu?]
|
Multi-Item Scale
|
Globalization/Trade
|
No
|
|
5
|
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
[Inwieweit stimmen Sie den folgenden Aussagen zu oder nicht zu?]
|
Multi-Item Scale
|
Ethnic assimilation/ethnic pluralism
|
|
|
6
|
Which of the following statements about immigrants comes closest to your views?
[Welche der folgenden Aussagen über Zuwanderer kommt Ihren Ansichten am nächsten?]
|
Single Question
|
Ethnic assimilation
|
No
|
|
7
|
To what extent do you agree with the statement that strong patriotic feelings in Germany...
[Inwieweit stimmen Sie der Aussage zu, dass starke patriotische Gefühle in Deutschland...]
|
Multi-Item Scale
|
National identity/ Patriotism
|
No
|
Number of Participants:
20
Selection of Target Population/Quotas:
Quota sampling. Only adult and employed persons. The selection of the test persons was based on quotas for age (18 -
40 years; 41 years and older), school education (Fachhochschulreife/
Abitur; no Abitur) and sex:
- 2 women and 2 men, 18-40 years, less than high school graduation
- 3 women and 2 men, 18-40 years, university of applied sciences maturity/A-levels
- 4 women and 3 men, 41+ years, less than high school graduation
- 2 women and 2 men, 41+ years, matured/
A-levels
Test Date:
- 08/2013 - 09/2013
Number of cognitive interviewers:
- 3
Pretests conducted in the lab (video-recorded):
- 20
Pretests conducted via phone or externally (audio-recorded):
- -
Survey mode:
- PAPI
Pretest mode:
- CAPI
Procedure:
- Use of an evaluation questionnaire
Incentive for respondents:
- 30 Euro
Project Description:
The International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) is a continuous programme of cross-national collaboration running annual surveys on topics important for the social sciences. Since its foundation in 1984, the ISSP has grown to 48 member countries in 2013.
Website:
http://www.gesis.org/issp
Client:
GESIS
Dr. Evi Scholz
DOI of Data Set in the GESIS Data Archive:
dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.12312
Pretest Report (German):
Pretest Report (English):
Citation:
Lenzner, T., Neuert, C., & Otto, W. (2013): International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 2013/2014 (English Version). Cognitive Pretest. GESIS Project Reports. Version: 1.0. GESIS - Pretestlab. Text.
