A CARELESS STATEMENT

Careless talk costs grants

The editors of Current Biology really should be more careful; some contributors are in danger of giving the game away. Years of careful fostering of the idea that everything can be explained in terms of molecular genetics and structural biology — thus keeping many of us gainfully employed — may have been undermined by their careless revelations. The current ascendancy of these disciplines could...

Identifying careless responses in survey data.

When data are collected via anonymous Internet surveys, particularly under conditions of obligatory participation (such as with student samples), data quality can be a concern. However, little guidance exists in the published literature regarding techniques for detecting careless responses. Previously several potential approaches have been suggested for identifying careless respondents via indi...

Psychological Methods Identifying Careless Responses in Survey Data

chairman’s statement

in recent decades, increasing advancement in biological sciences brings the need for reliable updated re-sources. scientific research journals facilitate accessibility to comprehensive resources and lay a ground for dis-seminating the latest findings of research projects to achieve constructive experiences and satisfy the scientific community. accordingly, avicenna research institute has publis...

Who cares and who is careless? Insufficient effort responding as a reflection of respondent personality.

Insufficient effort responding (IER) to surveys, which occurs when respondents fail to carefully read questionnaire instructions or item content, has recently gained attention as a source of inaccuracy in self-report data (Huang, Curran, Keeney, Poposki, & DeShon, 2012; Johnson, 2005; Maniaci & Rogge, 2014; Meade & Craig, 2012). Whereas previous studies have focused on IER as a methodological n...