Sociological Methods & Research · 1977 · 36 citations · 5 references
Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyExperimental PsychologyInterpersonal CommunicationPsychometricsInterview MethodologyInterview MethodsPerceived ThreatCommunicating ExpectationsExpectations
This paper measures the effect of interviewers and interviewers'prior expectations on response to threatening questions. The results indicate that interviewers are responsible for an average of about 7% of total response variance, to which expectations contribute a small amount. In most practical situations, interviewer expectations can be ignored.
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Question Threat and Response Bias
Norman M. Bradburn, Seymour Sudman, Ed Blair et al. · Public Opinion Quarterly · 1978 · 230 citations