Can We Trust The Data Collected Through Survey? : Ideal Response Time and Delusion of Cronbach's Alpha

DOĞAN, VOLKAN

doi:10.21031/epod.313692

Can We Trust The Data Collected Through Survey? : Ideal Response Time and Delusion of Cronbach's Alpha

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DOĞAN V.

JOURNAL OF MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY-EPOD, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.344-353, 2017 (ESCI)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.21031/epod.313692
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY-EPOD
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.344-353
Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Much of the studies in the social and behavioral sciences is based on the data collected through survey. To obtain unbiased knowledge, survey respondents are required to answer survey items/questions in a careful way. However, past research demonstrated that research projects are under the threat of careless/inattentive respondents. This paper provides some evidences regarding the rate of careless/inattentive respondents within Turkish respondents. To this end, this paper comprises of two survey data-154 Turkish undergraduate students (face-to-face survey) and 148 online Turkish respondents (via Facebook)-to provide some descriptive evidences. Furthermore, a new approach toward calculating ideal response time was proposed in the current paper. Lastly, the delusion of Cronbach's Alpha was discussed.