The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics
Preference elicitation among outdoor recreational users is subject to measurement errors that depend, in part, on survey planning. This study uses data from a choice experiment survey on recreational SCUBA diving to investigate whether self-reported information on respondents’ comfort when they comp...
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| description | Preference elicitation among outdoor recreational users is subject to measurement errors that depend, in part, on survey planning. This study uses data from a choice experiment survey on recreational SCUBA diving to investigate whether self-reported information on respondents’ comfort when they complete surveys correlates with the error variance in stated choice models of their responses. Comfort-related variables are included in the scale functions of the scaled multinomial logit models. The hypothesis was that higher comfort reduces error variance in answers, as revealed by a higher scale parameter and vice versa. Information on, e.g., sleep and time since eating (higher comfort) correlated with scale heterogeneity, and produced lower error variance when controlled for in the model. That respondents’ comfort may influence choice behavior suggests that knowledge of the respondents’ activity patterns could be used to plan the timing of interviews to decrease error variance in choices and, hence, generate better information. |
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| spelling | upm-635242018-11-05T01:10:23Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63524/ The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics Emang, Diana Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark Preference elicitation among outdoor recreational users is subject to measurement errors that depend, in part, on survey planning. This study uses data from a choice experiment survey on recreational SCUBA diving to investigate whether self-reported information on respondents’ comfort when they complete surveys correlates with the error variance in stated choice models of their responses. Comfort-related variables are included in the scale functions of the scaled multinomial logit models. The hypothesis was that higher comfort reduces error variance in answers, as revealed by a higher scale parameter and vice versa. Information on, e.g., sleep and time since eating (higher comfort) correlated with scale heterogeneity, and produced lower error variance when controlled for in the model. That respondents’ comfort may influence choice behavior suggests that knowledge of the respondents’ activity patterns could be used to plan the timing of interviews to decrease error variance in choices and, hence, generate better information. Taylor & Francis 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63524/1/The%20role%20of%20respondents%E2%80%99%20comfort%20for%20variance%20in%20stated%20choice%20surveys%20evidence%20from%20a%20SCUBA%20diving%20case.pdf Emang, Diana and Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark and Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark (2017) The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 60 (11). 1993 - 2012. ISSN 0964-0568; ESSN: 1360-0559 10.1080/09640568.2016.1268525 |
| spellingShingle | Emang, Diana Lundhede, Thomas Hedemark Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title | The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title_full | The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title_fullStr | The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title_short | The role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
| title_sort | role of respondents’ comfort for variance in choice: an application of the scaling approach on scuba diving characteristics |
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