Encouraging Accurate Responses

Question 1

response sets

Answer 1

using a heuristic to answer an item on a survey rather than answering truthfully

Question 2

three types of response sets

Answer 2

yea saying
nay saying
fence sitting

Question 3

yea saying

Answer 3

people are always going to be answering in the agree side, often in the strongly agree side

Question 4

nay saying

Answer 4

people are always going to be answering in the disagree side

Question 5

how can we avoid these answering biases

Answer 5

reverse scoring: the scale is the exact same but you are going to reverse what the points are worth

Question 6

fence sitting

Answer 6

response heuristic of answering in the middle

Question 7

solutions to fence sitting

Answer 7

take away neutral option

use forced choice

Question 8

socially desirable responding

Answer 8

responding in a way to make themselves look good to the researchers and/or themselves

Question 9

solutions to socially desirable responding

Answer 9

guarantee anonymity
plant items meant to uncover socially desirable responding
use filled items
use conscious measures

Question 10

hindsight bias

Answer 10

the experiences im having today cause me to misremember things in the past