Sensitive questions in surveys : testing the item sum technique (IST) to tackle social desirability bias /

Many surveys contain sensitive questions, for example, questions on sexuality, substance abuse, self-reported delinquency, or attitudes to foreigners. When answering such questions in survey interviews, many respondents do not respond truthfully and overreport positively connoted behaviors or attitu...

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Main Authors:	Wolter, Felix, active 2018 (Author), Herold, Lucie (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018.
Series:	SAGE Research Methods. Cases.
Subjects:	Social desirability > Research. Sociology > Research. Drinking of alcoholic beverages. Alcohol Drinking Désirabilité sociale > Recherche. Consommation d'alcool. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Sociology > Research
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