RE: modes of measurement

["Murray Straus" <murray.straus@xxxxxxx>]

There have been at least two studies comparing face-to-face and phone
interview administration of the Conflict Tactics Scales and both find
equivalent results.  My own research with Richard Gelles used face-to-face
interviews in one survey and telephone in another and we found that the
instrument worked in an equivalent way for both modes.   There have also
been studies comparing child-report with parent-report, such as studies by
Kolko and by McCloskey

You will find the references for these studies in paper CTS18 on my website
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2  in the section reprinting papers on the CTS.
However, the  references cited in paper CTS18 all refer to the original CTS.
There have so far been no equivalent comparison studies using the revised
CTS.  But because the original and the revised use the same measurement
strategy, and mostly the same items, the results I cited should apply.

	Murray

Murray A. Straus
Professor of Sociology and Co-Director
Family Research Laboratory
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH  03824
603-862-2594    Fax: 603-862-1122   murray.straus@unh.edu

Copies of some of my papers are available by logging into
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mas2    For information about the Family Research
Laboratory, post-doctoral fellowships, conferences, and bibliographies of
publications by members of the laboratory log into www.unh.edu/frl.


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu]On Behalf Of
Lynette Renner
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:25 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: modes of measurement


Greetings.

Does anyone know of articles that compare/contrast modes of measurement in
survey research?

We are looking for something that addresses varying response rates for
"threatening" questions (such as domestic violence, alcohol/drug use, child
discipline, etc.).  Any publications that compare self-administered survey
results with interviewer-administered or computer-administered surveys
would be welcomed.

Thanks!

Lynette M. Renner
MSW, PhD student
University of Wisconsin-Madison