Surveys administered online have several benefits, but they are particularly prone to careless responding, which occurs when respondents fail to read item content or give sufficient attention, resulting in raw data that may not accurately reflect respondents’ true levels of the constructs being measured. Careless responding can lead to various psychometric issues, potentially impacting any area of psychology that uses self-reported surveys and assessments. This review synthesizes the careless responding literature to provide a comprehensive understanding of careless responding and ways to prevent, identify, report, and clean careless responding from data sets. Further, we include recommendations for different levels of screening for careless responses. Finally, we highlight some of the most promising areas for future work on careless responding.

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处理调查数据中的粗心回答：预防、识别和推荐的最佳实践


在线进行的调查有几个好处，但它们特别容易出现粗心的回答，当受访者未能阅读项目内容或给予足够的关注时，就会发生这种情况，导致原始数据可能无法准确反映受访者对所测量结构的真实水平。粗心的回答会导致各种心理测量问题，可能会影响任何使用自我报告调查和评估的心理学领域。本综述综合了粗心回应文献，以全面了解粗心回应以及从数据集中预防、识别、报告和清除粗心回应的方法。此外，我们还对粗心反应进行了不同级别的筛查。最后，我们强调了未来关于粗心回应工作的一些最有前途的领域。