The impact of phrasing of selected questions on the results of the business tendency surveys conducted by the Central Statistical Office of Poland

• Authors: Gaca Olga , Sękowska Hanna , Święcka Magdalena , Walkowska Katarzyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Precise wording of qualitative questions poses substantial problem because frequently even small lack of accuracy or inappropriate word used in a question may bias surveys’ results. We analyze an impact of the wording on results of the qualitative business tendency surveys conducted by CSO of Poland. The relationship between the way survey questions are formulated and obtained replies is pointed out, e.g. the influence of adding explanatory notes and taking into account a kind of activity respondents perform.

Keywords

EN

business tendency surveys; wording of survey questions

• Publisher: Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
• Journal: Prace i Materiały Instytutu Rozwoju Gospodarczego SGH
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 97: Economic cycles and uncertainty
• Pages: 45-66

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Gaca Olga

• Główny Urząd Statystyczny

author

Sękowska Hanna

• Główny Urząd Statystyczny

author

Święcka Magdalena

• Główny Urząd Statystyczny

author

Walkowska Katarzyna

• Główny Urząd Statystyczny

References

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• Badanie koniunktury gospodarczej, CSO, Departament Przedsiębiorstw, Warszawa 2015.

Identifiers

ISSN

0866-9503