A CRITICAL TEST OF THE CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COLLECTING INFORMED PUBLIC OPINIONS

Authors
VANDERSALM CA VANKNIPPENBERG D DAAMEN DDL
Citation
Ca. Vandersalm et al., A CRITICAL TEST OF THE CHOICE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR COLLECTING INFORMED PUBLIC OPINIONS, Quality & quantity, 31(2), 1997, pp. 193-197
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Mathematical Methods","Mathematical, Methods, Social Sciences","Statistic & Probability
Journal title
Quality & quantity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00335177
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
193 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-5177(1997)31:2<193:ACTOTC>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
In the Choice Questionnaire (Neijens et al. 1992) respondents have to choose between several policy options. Within this questionnaire they are provided with information about the consequences of each option. U ntil now, only indirect evidence as to whether or not respondents base their preferences on the information provided was available and plaus ible alternative explanations for the Choice Questionnaire's effect co uld not be ruled out. In the present study, we demonstrate that Choice Questionnaire respondents do base their preferences on the informatio n provided: different information resulted in significantly different choices.