Definition: Top-of-the-head response

Category: Memobust Glossary

The respondent is feeling stressed and pressured to give a quick answer and therefore picks the first response category presented to him/her. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/memobust-glossary-pdf-file_en
Source:
Eurostat, "Memobust Glossary" (part of the Memobust Handbook on Methodology of Modern Business Statistics), ESSnet "Memobust", March 2014
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