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On the comprehensibility and perceived privacy protection of indirect questioning techniques
Hoffmann, Adrian; Waubert de Puiseau, Berenike; Schmidt, Alexander F. et al.
In pressIn Behavior Research Methods
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Abstract :
[en] On surveys that assess sensitive personal attributes, indirect questioning aims at increasing respondents’ willingness to answer truthfully by protecting confidentiality. However, the assumption that subjects understand questioning procedures fully and trust them to protect their privacy is tested rarely. In a scenario-based design, we compared four indirect questioning procedures in terms of comprehensibility and perceived privacy protection. All indirect questioning techniques were found less comprehensible for respondents than a conventional direct question used for comparison. Less-educated respondents experienced more difficulties when confronted with any indirect questioning technique. Regardless of education, the Crosswise Model was found most comprehensible among the four indirect methods. Indirect questioning was perceived to increase privacy protection in comparison to a direct question. Unexpectedly, comprehension and perceived privacy protection did not correlate. We recommend assessing these factors separately in future evaluations of indirect questioning.
Disciplines :
Theoretical & cognitive psychology
Author, co-author :
Hoffmann, Adrian
Waubert de Puiseau, Berenike
Schmidt, Alexander F. ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE)
Musch, Jochen
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
On the comprehensibility and perceived privacy protection of indirect questioning techniques
Publication date :
In press
Journal title :
Behavior Research Methods
ISSN :
1554-3528
Publisher :
Psychonomic Society, Austin, United States - Texas
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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