Survey questions asking about taboo topics such as sexual activities, illegal behaviour such
as social fraud, or unsocial attitudes such as racism, often generate inaccurate survey …

Determining whether people in certain countries score differently in measurements of
interest or whether concepts relate differently to each other across nations can indisputably …

Many qualitative research studies acknowledge the possibility of social desirability bias (a
tendency to present reality to align with what is perceived to be socially acceptable) as a …

Assessing student writing constitutes the major portion of second language writing teachers'
workloads; however, studies assessing and quantifying teachers' writing assessment literacy …

Taking into account both traditional and emerging modes, this comprehensive new
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In surveys, individuals tend to misreport behaviors that are in contrast to prevalent social
norms or regulations. Several design features of the survey procedure have been suggested …

Psychologists have worried about the distortions introduced into standardized personality
measures by social desirability bias. Survey researchers have had similar concerns about …

This book gives an up-to-date overview of methodological and data-analytical issues of
cross-cultural studies. Written by leading experts in the field, it presents the most important …

Written with the needs and goals of a novice researcher in mind, this fully updated Third
Edition provides an accurate account of how modern surveys are actually designed and …

Qualitative studies of vote buying find the practice to be common in many Latin American
countries, but quantitative studies using surveys find little evidence of vote buying. Social …