Packet 2: Bonus 6
Answer the following about dealing with social desirability bias, for 10 points each.
[10e] Social desirability bias may hamper surveys and predictions about these events due to phenomena like “shy Tories” and the Bradley effect.
ANSWER: elections [or votes; or election polls; accept referenda or referendums; accept word forms of electing or voting; prompt on polls or exit polls or word forms]
[10h] This research design limits desirability bias by having respondents report only the number of “yes” answers to a decoy survey that, for a random treatment group, also includes one extra question on the actual topic of interest.
ANSWER: unmatched count technique [or item count design]
[10m] The BIDR (“B-I-D-R”) questionnaire tries to weed out respondents who are prone to social desirability bias by detecting impression management, which was theorized in this sociology book about “dramaturgical” analysis.
ANSWER: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (by Erving Goffman. The BIDR more specifically breaks down social desirability bias into self-deception and impression management.)
<Case Western, Social Science> | I2. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western + Cornell (Tiebreaker Half 2)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |