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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Let’s Ask About Sex : Methodological Merits of the Sealed Envelope Technique in Face-to-Face Interviews

Felix WolterPeter Preisendörfer

subject

Face to face interviewAsk priceddc:300PsychologySocial psychologyGeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.dictionariesencyclopediasglossaries)Envelope (motion)

description

When it comes to deviant behavior and other sensitive topics, respondents in surveys tend either to refuse answering such sensitive questions or to tailor their answers in a socially desirable direction. This occurs by underreporting on negatively connoted behaviors or attitudes and by overreporting on positively connoted ones (be it deliberately or undeliberate). Thus, prevalence estimates of deviant traits are biased. Moreover, if the tendency to misreport is related to influencing factors of the deviant behavior or attitude under investigation, the correlations are biased as well.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-01-03
10.1007/978-3-658-27228-9_5