Rates of Missing Responses in Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Versus Paper Assessments

Lori-Ann Palen, John W. Graham, Edward A. Smith, Linda L. Caldwell, Catherine Mathews and Alan J. Flisher
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Lori-Ann Palen: The Pennsylvania State University, lxp201@psu.edu
John W. Graham: The Pennsylvania State University
Edward A. Smith: The Pennsylvania State University
Linda L. Caldwell: The Pennsylvania State University
Catherine Mathews: Medical Research Council (South Africa) University of Cape Town
Alan J. Flisher: University of Cape Town, University of Bergen

Evaluation Review, 2008, vol. 32, issue 3, 257-272

Abstract: This article describes rates of missing item responses in personal digital assistant (PDA) assessments as compared to paper assessments. Data come from the evaluation of a classroom-based leisure, life skills, and sexuality education program delivered to high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. Analyses show that the paper assessments had much higher rates of missing-ness than PDA assessments. This association is moderated by item order. Certain analyses also suggest that paper assessments have higher rates of missingness for items pertaining to participants' sexual behavior. Implications of these results for evaluation research will be discussed.

Keywords: program evaluation; methodology; electronic assessment; missing data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07307829

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