http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/31/methodological-debates/ A First Things Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 23:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/10/31/methodological-debates/comment-page-1/#comment-77896 Phil Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:53:49 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/?p=50110#comment-77896 Don’t assume that telephone surveys that ask sensitive questions are plagued by social desirability bias. Any good telephone survey would use telephone audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (T-ACASI) to reduce or eliminate bias. In T-ACASI, the respondent pushes buttons on their phone to respond to sensitive questions. I skimmed the article, and it was unclear as to whether they even did a telephone survey. The study does have its methodological limitations (creation of control group, etc), which are mentioned in the discussion section of the article and are highlighted by other bloggers.

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