Date of Award
8-1993
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Brad Huitema
Second Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Third Advisor
Dr. William Redmon
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
A multiple baseline design was used to compare the effectiveness of checklists and feedback to improve marketing research telephone interview documentation. Three measures based on the combined errors of four interviewers were obtained: (1) errors per completed interview, (2) errors per interview with errors, and (3) most frequently occurring error in each of three error groups. The effects of three additional factors believed to affect interviewer performance were also investigated: (1) marketing research project, (2) complexity of the interview, and (3) lead worker responsible for editing completed interviews.
Only slight, mostly positive changes were visually evident across the dependent measures. Feedback effects were not obtained on any measure. The inferential test results showed that: (1) the project had a statistically significant effect on all measures, (2) the interview complexity had a statistically significant effect on four of the nine dependent measures, and (3) the editor was not a significant (p>.05) factor in any analysis.
Recommended Citation
Linklater, Ann Lynn, "Effects of Checklists and Feedback on Interviewer Documentation Errors" (1993). Masters Theses. 833.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/833