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DDI study level documentation for study 10.7802/2027 Data Collected for the Study of Memory Effects in Repeated Survey Questions Data Collected for the Study of Memory Effects in Repeated Survey Questions Data Collected for the Study of Memory Effects in Repeated Survey Questions 10.7802/202710.7802/202710.7802/202710.7802/2027 Schwarz, Hannah Schwarz, Hannah [Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra] GESIS Data Archive for the Social SciencesGESIS Datenarchiv für Sozialwissenschaften UmfrageforschungMethodenforschungUmfrageforschungMethodenforschung It is common to repeat survey questions in the social sciences, for example to estimate test-retest reliability or in pretest-posttest experimental designs. An underlying assumption is that the repetition of questions leads to independent measurements. Critics point to respondents’ memory as a source of bias for the resulting estimates. Yet there is little empirical evidence showing how large memory effects are within the same survey and none showing whether memory effects can be decreased through purposeful intervention during a survey. We aim to address both of these points based on data from a lab-based web survey containing an experiment. We repeated one of the initial questions at the end of the survey (on average 127 questions later) and asked respondents if they recall their previous answer and to reproduce it. Furthermore, we compared respondents’ memory of previously given responses between two experimental groups: A control group, where regular survey questions were asked in between repetitions and a treatment group which, additionally, received a memory interference task aimed at decreasing memory.It is common to repeat survey questions in the social sciences, for example to estimate test-retest reliability or in pretest-posttest experimental designs. An underlying assumption is that the repetition of questions leads to independent measurements. Critics point to respondents’ memory as a source of bias for the resulting estimates. Yet there is little empirical evidence showing how large memory effects are within the same survey and none showing whether memory effects can be decreased through purposeful intervention during a survey. We aim to address both of these points based on data from a lab-based web survey containing an experiment. We repeated one of the initial questions at the end of the survey (on average 127 questions later) and asked respondents if they recall their previous answer and to reproduce it. Furthermore, we compared respondents’ memory of previously given responses between two experimental groups: A control group, where regular survey questions were asked in between repetitions and a treatment group which, additionally, received a memory interference task aimed at decreasing memory. SpanienSpanien Students and former students at University Pompeu Fabra in Spain who had indicated they were willing to participate in experiments Cross-sectionCrossSectionQuerschnittCrossSection Nicht-WahrscheinlichkeitsauswahI - Respondenten-gesteuerte AuswahlNicht-WahrscheinlichkeitsauswahI - Respondenten-gesteuerte Auswahl Selbstausfüller:CAWI(Computerunterstützte Web-Interview)Selbstausfüller:CAWI(Computerunterstützte Web-Interview) Free access (without registration) - The research data can be downloaded directly by anyone without further limitations. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell – Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.de)Freier Zugang (ohne Registrierung) - Die Forschungsdaten können von jedem direkt heruntergeladen werden. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell – Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.de) http://dbkapps.gesis.org/dbkoai/oai.asp oai:dbk.gesis.org:SDN/10.7802_2027 2023-03-11 ddi:codebook:2_5