Hess, S (2014) Impact of unimportant attributes in stated choice surveys. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 14 (4). 349 - 361. ISSN 1567-7141
Abstract
Despite growing interest in the notion that respondents in stated choice surveys may make their decisions on the basis of only a subset of the presented attributes, the impact of any unimportant attributes on the estimates of other valuations is somewhat unclear. This paper presents evidence from a two stage survey where the second stage eliminates attributes deemed unimportant in the first stage. Our analysis shows no evidence of systematic differences between the results of the two stages. This leads to the conclusion that, up to a point where respondent burden may become an issue, analysts should include all attributes that may be relevant, and allow the respondent to filter out those that play no role.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of a paper published in European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research. |
Keywords: | information processing, attribute ignoring, non-attendance, respondent burden, attribute relevance, stated choice |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2015 16:49 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 20:19 |
Published Version: | http://www.tbm.tudelft.nl/fileadmin/Faculteit/TBM/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Delft University of Technology |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91383 |