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Title The self-assessed literacy index: Reliability and validity
Author Olson, K., Wang, Yi., Pearson, J. E., Smyth, J. D.
Year 2011
Access date 13.05.2014
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Abstract
Literacy is associated with many outcomes of research interest as well as with respondents’ ability to even participate
in surveys, yet very few surveys attempt to measure it because doing so is often complex, requiring extensive
tests. The central goal of this paper is to develop a parsimonious measure of respondents’ reading ability
that does not require a complex literacy test. We use data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy
to identify correlates of reading ability to form a literacy index. These correlates include self-assessments of
one’s ability to understand, read and write English, and literacy practices at home. Our literacy index reliably
discerns literacy test scores above educational attainment, and the index shows high internal consistency (coefficient
alpha = 0.78) and validity. The paper concludes with implications of these findings for survey research
practitioners and suggestions for future research.
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Year of publication2011
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Web survey bibliography - Olson, K. (13)
- The Effect of CATI Questions, Respondents, and Interviewers on Response Time; 2016; Olson, K.; Smyth, J. D.
- Identifying predictors of survey mode preference; 2015; Millar, M. M.; Olson, K.; Smyth, J. D.
- The Effect of Answering in a Preferred Versus a Non-Preferred Survey Mode on Measurement; 2014; Smyth, J. D., Olson, K., Kasabian, A.
- Assessing Within-Household Selection Methods in Household Mail Surveys; 2014; Olson, K., Stange, M., Smyth, J. D.
- Accuracy of Within-household Selection in Web and Mail Surveys of the General Population.; 2014; Olson, K., Smyth, J. D.
- Using Eye Tracking to Examine the Visual Design of Web Surveys; 2014; Zhou, Q., Ricci, K., Olson, K., Smyth, J. D.
- Analyzing Paradata to Investigate Measurement Error; 2013; Yan, T., Olson, K.
- Are You Seeing What I am Seeing? Exploring Response Option Visual Design Effects With Eye-Tracking; 2013; Libman, A., Smyth, J. D., Olson, K.
- Does Giving People Their Preferred Survey Mode Actually Increase Survey Participation Rates?; 2012; Olson, K., Smyth, J. D., Wood, H.
- Literacy and Data Quality in Self-Administered Surveys; 2011; Smyth, J. D., Olson, K.
- Medium Node: NSF Census Research Network; 2011; McCutcheon, A. L., Belli, R. F., Olson, K., Smyth, J. D., Soh, L.-K.
- Comparing Numeric and Text Open-End Responses in Mail and Web Surveys.; 2011; Olson, K., Smyth, J.
- When do nonresponse follow-ups improve or reduce data quality? A meta-analysis and review of the existing...; 2008; Olson, K., Feng, C., Witt, L.