The power of the interviewer
Randall, S. & Coast, E.
(10 June 2013)
The power of the interviewer.
Africa at LSE.
(10 June 2013)
The power of the interviewer.
Africa at LSE.
Surveys are the main source of information about poverty, health, demography and many other indicators in Africa, making them vital for evidence-based policy design and planning. But have social scientists been ignoring the potential impact of interviewers on the data they collect? A new study[1], whose researchers include LSE’s Ernestina Coast, highlights just how much influence interviewers have over the data they produce.