A statistical method to detect improper examinees in a questionnaire to improve its quality

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16K16013
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Statistical science
Research Institution	University of Tsukuba
Principal Investigator	Ozaki Koken 筑波大学, ビジネスサイエンス系, 准教授 (50574612)
Project Period (FY)	2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Keywords	社会調査 / 統計科学 / 社会調査法 / 矛盾回答 / 心理学調査 / 指示項目 / 統計モデル / 質問紙調査法
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this research was to develope a new method to detect improper examinees in a questionnaire to improve its quality by using neither inconsistent answers nor instruction items. Two outcomes of this research were as follows. 1. Data collection to develope a method has been accomplished. 2. A paper that compared a new method to decrease questionnaire items to decrease improper responses with a old method has been published.