Cognition and survey measurement: History and overview
Abstract
In 1978 a small group of cognitive psychologists and survey methodologists initiated research in a new and exciting interdisciplinary field. This research applies the methods and theories of cognitive science to the study of respondents' answers to autobiographical and attitude surveys. This article describes the events that led up to the initiation of research, describes the history of the field, and overviews the cutting edge of research. Finally, the article offers perspectives on the benefits of collaborative research to both cognitive science and survey research, and the prospects for future research.
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Self-reports of activity frequency have measurement problems because estimating frequency is error-prone and multi-item scales do not prompt the kind of reconstruction that would improve validity.
“there are interesting measurement issues with these self-reports, because frequency estimation is a fallible process and the multiple-item scales do not encourage the kind of thoughtful reconstruction that maximizes validity of the self-reports (e.g., Jobe & Mingay, 1991).”
From Enrichment Effects on Adult Cognitive Development: Can the Functional Capacity of Older Adults Be Preserved and Enhanced? (2008) · cites this paper as Jobe & Mingay, 1991
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Schwarz, N., & Clore, G. L. (1983) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.45.3.513 · Cited by 4,952 · see citing works
What is autobiographical memory?
Brewer, W. F. (1986) · Autobiographical Memory · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511558313.006 · Cited by 660 · see citing works
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Hertzog, C., Kramer, A. F., Wilson, R. S., & Lindenberger, U. (2008) · Psychological Science in the Public Interest · doi:10.1111/j.1539-6053.2009.01034.x · Cited by 1,495 · see citing works
Warnecke, R. B., Sudman, S., Johnson, T. P., O'Rourke, D., Davis, A. M., & Jobe, J. B. (1997) · American Journal of Epidemiology · doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009226 · Cited by 97 · see citing works
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- Authors
- Jobe, J. B., & Mingay, D. J.
- Affiliations
- National Center for Health Statistics (US)
- Corresponding author
- Jobe, Jared B.
- Venue
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1991-05
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 175-192
- ISSN
- 0888-4080 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0720
- OpenAlex
- W2130615763
- Cited by
- 127
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 28.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Cognitive Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Keywords
- survey measurement, attitude surveys, interdisciplinary collaboration
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