When Often Becomes Always, and Sometimes Becomes Never: Miscomprehension in Surveys
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When Often Becomes Always, and Sometimes Becomes Never: Miscomprehension in Surveys
Much of social science involves soliciting the opinions of others, often through the use of surveys. There are a number of different survey formats but a commonly used approach is to provide a stimulus question which is coupled to a limited number of response options. This approach has several benefits. First, the structured format presents the stimulus to each respondent in the same format, re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academy of Management Proceedings
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0065-0668,2151-6561
DOI: 10.5465/ambpp.2012.240