When Does Attention Collapse? A Typology and Temporal Model of Inattentive Responding in Web Surveys
Field Methods: (Formerly Cultural Anthropology Methods)
Published online on March 22, 2026
Abstract
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I examined behavioral changes in web surveys, focusing on shifts in attentiveness over time. Using response-time Gaussian mixture modeling, respondents were classified into three types: consistently inattentive, deteriorating (initially attentive but ...
I examined behavioral changes in web surveys, focusing on shifts in attentiveness over time. Using response-time Gaussian mixture modeling, respondents were classified into three types: consistently inattentive, deteriorating (initially attentive but ...