social desirability bias
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsocial,desirabilityandbias
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social
adjective
uk/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/us/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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desirability
noun[U]
uk/dɪˌzaɪə.rəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/dɪˌzaɪr.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the quality of being ...
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bias
noun
uk/ˈbaɪ.əs/us/ˈbaɪ.əs/
the action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence ...
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(Definition ofsocial,desirabilityandbiasfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsocial desirability bias
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All interviews risk socialdesirabilitybias, whereby interviewees respond as they think interviewers wish.
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The transparency of self-report empathy assessments is a further challenge in criminal samples where socialdesirabilitybiasmay be a factor.
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Despite the likelihood of a socialdesirabilitybiason this question, the result provides suggestive evidence that citizens felt more capable of participation.
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One could also argue that parents are more prone to socialdesirabilitybiasthan third persons, and tend, say, to overestimate their children's verbal abilities.
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First, the interviews used safeguards against socialdesirabilitybias, including interviewing family members individually, asking carefully balanced questions, and inviting interviewees to voice dissatisfactions.
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This crude measure of grief is subject to socialdesirabilitybias.
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To reduce socialdesirabilitybiasand remove any possible elements of coercion, none of the researchers of this study were part of the teaching faculty of the first-year psychology students.
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In particular, there may be a form of socialdesirabilitybiaswhere the officials may have provided information that they thought was ' 'appropriate' '.
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Socialdesirabilitybiascan be a big problem with self-report measures as participants often answer in a way to portray themselves in a good light.
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For example, socialdesirabilitybiascould play a large role if conducting research about an individual's tendency to use drugs.
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This becomes even more difficult because there is a socialdesirabilitybias.
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Several strategies exist to limit the effect of socialdesirabilitybias.
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Other common (and related) criticism involve groupthink and socialdesirabilitybias.
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Self-reported answers may be exaggerated; respondents may be too embarrassed to reveal private details; various biases may affect the results, like socialdesirabilitybias.
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In either case, the mean reports from both groups are likely to be distorted by socialdesirabilitybias.
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Therefore, it is important for researchers to employ strategies aimed at mitigating socialdesirabilitybiasso that they can draw valid conclusions from their research.
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He argued that the results probably "understated" students' boredom with high school because socialdesirabilitybiasmay lead fewer students to openly admit to finding high school boring.
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This scale is not contaminated with social desirability biases.
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