Comparative Validation of a Partial (Versus Full) Randomized Response Technique: Attempting to Control for Social Desirability Response Bias to Sensitive Questions.
Social desirability response bias is prevalent in interview or questionnaire surveys involving personally sensitive questions. The present research provided for a comparative evaluation of a partial and full randomized response technique (RRT) as a statistical technique to circumvent this tendency t...
| Published in: | Individual Differences Research Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 214 - 225 |
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Individual Differences Research
December 2004
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