Assessing the validity of two indirect questioning techniques: A Stochastic Lie Detector versus the Crosswise Model
Assessing the validity of two indirect questioning techniques: A Stochastic Lie Detector versus the Crosswise Model
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DOI：
10.3758/s13428-015-0628-6
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发表时间：
2016-09-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Musch, Jochen
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作者：
Hoffmann, Adrian;Musch, Jochen
通过直接提问获得的敏感属性的普遍性估计容易被不真实的回答所扭曲。随机反应技术（RRT）等间接提问程序旨在控制社会可取性偏见的影响。然而，即使在RRT调查中，一些参与者也可能不遵守指示，试图隐瞒他们的真实身份。在本研究中，我们通过实验比较了两种相互竞争的间接提问技术的有效性：随机测谎仪和横向模型，这两种技术可能为非依从性被调查者的问题提供了解决方案。对于两个敏感属性，两种方法都满足“越多越好”的准则。它们的应用产生了比直接问题更高的，因而可能更有效的患病率估计。然而，只有横向模型才能充分估计已知的非敏感控制属性的流行程度。
Estimates of the prevalence of sensitive attributes obtained through direct questions are prone to being distorted by untruthful responding. Indirect questioning procedures such as the Randomized Response Technique (RRT) aim to control for the influence of social desirability bias. However, even on RRT surveys, some participants may disobey the instructions in an attempt to conceal their true status. In the present study, we experimentally compared the validity of two competing indirect questioning techniques that presumably offer a solution to the problem of nonadherent respondents: the Stochastic Lie Detector and the Crosswise Model. For two sensitive attributes, both techniques met the "more is better" criterion. Their application resulted in higher, and thus presumably more valid, prevalence estimates than a direct question. Only the Crosswise Model, however, adequately estimated the known prevalence of a nonsensitive control attribute.