A meta-analytic study of social desirability distortion in computer-administered questionnaires, traditional questionnaires, and interviews.

L. Richman, Wendy; Kiesler, Sara; Weisband, Suzanne; Drasgow, Fritz

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.84.5.754

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A meta-analytic study of social desirability distortion in computer-administered questionnaires, traditional questionnaires, and interviews.

Published in Journal of Applied Psychology • Oct 1, 1999

Authors:

Wendy L. Richman

Sara Kiesler

Suzanne Weisband

Abstract

A meta-analysis of social desirability distortion compared computer questionnaires with traditional paper-and-pencil questionnaires and face-to-face interviews in 61 studies (1967— 1997; 673 effect sizes). Controlling for correlated observations, a near-zero overall effect size was obtained for comp...

Subject

Psychology

Social desirability

Applied psychology

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