Table 4 Answer correction types per question type, nature, and structure
From: Paradata analyses to inform population-based survey capture of pregnancy outcomes: EN-INDEPTH study
Question characteristics | n | Flat (simple) | Impulsive | Zigzag correction | Flat zigzag correction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Overall | 250,608 | 212,057 | 84.6 | 11,438 | 4.6 | 13,288 | 5.3 | 13,825 | 5.5 |
Type | |||||||||
 Single-select | 147,157 | 123,818 | 84.1 | 7613 | 5.2 | 10,124 | 6.9 | 5602 | 3.8 |
 Multi-select | 86 | 47 | 54.7 | 4 | 4.7 | 6 | 7.0 | 29 | 33.7 |
 Numerical computational | 101,607 | 86,850 | 85.5 | 3604 | 3.5 | 3080 | 3.0 | 8073 | 7.9 |
 Date-related | 1691 | 1290 | 76.3 | 213 | 12.6 | 76 | 4.5 | 112 | 6.6 |
 Free-text | 67 | 52 | 77.6 | 4 | 6.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 9 | 13.4 |
Nature | |||||||||
 Regular | 221,447 | 188,670 | 85.2 | 9917 | 4.5 | 10,774 | 4.9 | 12,086 | 5.5 |
 Death-related | 22,628 | 17,871 | 78.9 | 1390 | 6.1 | 1905 | 8.4 | 1462 | 6.5 |
 TOP-related | 6533 | 5516 | 84.4 | 131 | 2.0 | 609 | 9.3 | 277 | 4.2 |
Structure | |||||||||
 Built-in error notification | 99,532 | 85,244 | 85.6 | 3492 | 3.5 | 2979 | 3.0 | 7817 | 7.9 |
 No built-in error notification | 151,076 | 126,813 | 83.9 | 7946 | 5.3 | 10,309 | 6.8 | 6008 | 4.0 |