Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures

Suziedelyte, A; Johar, M

Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures

Suziedelyte, A Johar, M

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Economics Letters, 2013, 121 (2), pp. 163 - 166
Issue Date:: 2013-11-01

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dc.contributor.author	Suziedelyte, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Johar, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2381-1741	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-11-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Economics Letters, 2013, 121 (2), pp. 163 - 166	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0165-1765	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/26945
dc.description.abstract	We investigate the common assumption in applied research that reporting errors are negligible in variables where there is no clear incentive for misreporting. Using major medical operations, we find high misreporting rates, but the coefficients of their predictors remain unbiased. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP110100729
dc.relation.ispartof	Economics Letters	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.econlet.2013.07.027	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	121	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	14 Economics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	121	en_US

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We investigate the common assumption in applied research that reporting errors are negligible in variables where there is no clear incentive for misreporting. Using major medical operations, we find high misreporting rates, but the coefficients of their predictors remain unbiased. © 2013 Elsevier B.V.

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