Paradata

In para data is data that is created in a survey of a person on the side. The Vorsilble "Para " means: "(Greek ): with ..., next ... wrong ... ".

In social surveys, the term parameter data has been established in 2009 and referred to in the sense of ' in ' and 'next ' collected data even when not part of a name respondents attacks. Praradaten can also be pre- known stratification characteristics.

In a CATI survey that can be, for example: speech rate, time of survey, number of contacts, interviewer characteristics.

In a personally - oral survey that can be, for example: condition of the building, neighborhood, household size

In a computer -assisted interview ( CAPI) they can measure, for example, the response of a respondent, such as keystrokes, the time between two clicks.

The satellite data provide researchers with both the ability to better compensate for the distortion of the sample ( eg by Responsive Design). On the other hand, such as computer -assisted survey and also to improve further analysis, such as implicit Assoziatonstests (IAT ) to perform.