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Stray, Stephanie (2009) Lies, damned lies and statistics : the accuracy of survey responses. Quality & Quantity, Vol.43 (No.1). pp. 161-171. doi:10.1007/s11135-007-9131-1 ISSN 0033-5177.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11135-007-9131-1
Abstract
That survey research is error prone is not a new idea and different varieties of non-sampling error have been investigated in the literature as well as consideration being given in many statistics textbooks to the issue of sampling error. The paper here considers research upon corporate environmental reporting. It compares information provided by corporate environmental reports with information that survey respondents claim their organization's environmental report contains. This enables the accuracy of the claims to be assessed. Consideration is given to two different industries the Water industry and the Energy industry. Errors due to inaccurate reporting by survey respondents are shown to be relatively infrequent and respondents appear just about as likely to claim they report information that they do not, in fact, report as to fail to indicate that they report information that is, in fact, actually reported.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Operational Research & Management Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Environmental reporting, Sampling (Statistics), Surveys -- Evaluation | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Quality & Quantity | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0033-5177 | ||||
Official Date: | January 2009 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.43 | ||||
Number: | No.1 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 161-171 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s11135-007-9131-1 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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