Much ado about acquiescence: The relative validity and reliability of construct-specific and agree–disagree questions

Acquiescence response bias, or the tendency to agree with questions regardless of content, is a prominent concern in survey design. An often proposed solution, and one that was recently implemented in the American National Election Study, is to rewrite response options so that they tap directly into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yphtach Lelkes, Rebecca Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2015-09-01
Series:Research & Politics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168015604173