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Sensitive Question Design

Sensitive Question Design is a methodological approach within questionnaire design that specifically addresses the formulation and placement of questions on personally intimate, socially taboo, or legally incriminating topics to minimize respondent discomfort and response bias while maximizing data accuracy and reliability.

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2017–2026

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Asking Sensitive Questions: The Impact of Data Collection Mode, Question Format, and Question Context

Roger Tourangeau, Tom Smith · Public Opinion Quarterly · 1996 · 1.3K citations

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Standardized Survey Interviewing: Minimizing Interviewer Related Error.

Seymour Sudman, Floyd J. Fowler, Thomas W. Mangione · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1992 · 370 citations

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Sensitive Questions in Online Surveys: Experimental Results for the Randomized Response Technique (RRT) and the Unmatched Count Technique (UCT)

Elisabeth Coutts, Ben Jann · Sociological Methods & Research · 2011 · 269 citations

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Issues in Qualitative Research on Sensitive Topics

Kathleen V. Cowles · Western Journal of Nursing Research · 1988 · 205 citations

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Does survey format influence self-disclosure on sensitive question items?

Kristina M. Kays, Kathleen A. Gathercoal, William Buhrow · Computers in Human Behavior · 2011 · 147 citations

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Authors

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  1. MT
    Man‐Lai Tang

    Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR China

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  2. ZL
    Zhenqiu Liu

    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  3. NT
    Niansheng Tang

    Yunnan University, China

    2 publications · 43 citations

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  4. BJ
    Ben Jann

    Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Germany

    2 publications · 283 citations

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  5. MT
    Ming Tan

    University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States

    2 publications · 84 citations

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Institutions

60

  1. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    254 citations

  2. University of Maryland, Baltimore

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    278 citations

  3. Hong Kong Baptist University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    244 citations

  4. Yunnan University

    Kunming, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    43 citations

  5. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    67 citations

  6. U-M Rogel Cancer Center

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    60 citations

  7. National Center for Health Statistics

    Hyattsville, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    113 citations

  8. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    78 citations

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  1. Public Opinion Quarterly

    POQ · 2 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 45 citations

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  4. Statistical Papers

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  5. Sociological Methods & Research

    SMR · 2 publications · 301 citations

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