Controlling social desirability bias

Larson, Ronald B.

doi:10.1177/1470785318805305

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“…Like any other survey, questions related to environmental awareness and SRAS indices are likely affected by the social desirability bias. However, it is suggested that anonymous, self-administered surveys contain fewer desirability biases than telephone and face-to-face surveys [41]. Hence, as the current study conducted a self-administered online survey, I believe such social desirability bias was controlled to a minimum compared to telephone and face-to-face surveys.…”

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confidence: 83%

Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Aruga

2020

Sustainability

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This study investigated the validity of using a Likert-type environmental awareness index to predict an individual’s altruism level by comparing models identifying how respondents’ demographical characteristics (age, income, education, gender, etc.), degree of political and social awareness, and attitudes toward donation influence the environmental awareness index and the self-report altruism scale (SRAS). Using survey data from a sample of Japanese respondents, the study revealed a bidirectional relationship between environmental awareness and SRAS indices. Furthermore, through examining the effects of respondents’ demographical characteristics and other characteristics on the environmental awareness and SRAS indices, the study identifies that the directions of the influences of these covariates on the indices were all similar when their estimated coefficients were statistically significant. Hence, the study reveals that the environmental awareness index does capture the characteristics of the SRAS index.

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Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Aruga

2020

Sustainability

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“…While the effect of this bias could not be eliminated completely, maintaining respondent anonymity would mitigate it. 28 In this study, we used anonymized questionnaires. Online submissions could not be traced back to the sender, and paper submissions were through a third party (PSMO secretariat).…”

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Patterns of Biomarker Use in Cancer Treatment Among Medical Oncologists in the Philippines

Catedral

Tan

Chua

et al. 2020

JCO Global Oncology

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PURPOSE Several factors affect how medical oncologists in the Philippines use biomarkers in real-world practice. This study describes patterns of biomarker testing for the management of breast, colorectal, and lung cancers among medical oncologists in the Philippines. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was performed among practicing medical oncologists in the Philippines from November to December 2019. The questionnaire determined the ideal and practical use of biomarkers as perceived by the respondents. Responses were summarized. Associations between biomarker use across select conditions were determined. RESULTS A total of 127 respondents (38% of medical oncologists in the Philippines) participated in this study. In actual practice, 97% of the respondents requested estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor testing, and 93% requested human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing. For colorectal cancer, the respondents would use KRAS and mismatch repair/microsatellite instability, but 59.84% had never used BRAF. For lung cancer, 97.64% of respondents would test for epidermal growth factor receptor ( EGFR), 88.19% would test for PD-L1, 80.31% for anaplastic lymphoma kinase, 58.27% for ROS1, and 33.07% for BRAF. In actual practice, EGFR was the most frequently ordered test (67.72%), while 44.80% of medical oncologists had never used ROS1. The most common reason for testing was adherence to international guidelines (96%). The most commonly cited barrier to biomarker use was patients’ financial constraints (94.49%). Overall, the respondents’ use of biomarkers was not significantly associated with institutional affiliation, the number of patients they saw monthly, and the availability of biomarker tests in their areas of practice. CONCLUSION Medical oncologists in the Philippines would use biomarkers in treating breast, colorectal, and lung cancers if these were clinically indicated and if cost were not a factor. Financial difficulty experienced by patients was the most commonly cited barrier to biomarker use.

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“…The averages were 6.65 in the January 2015 sample and 6.80 in the October sample. Instead of using the sums, a logit transformation was applied to create a measure with a range from 0 to 1 for each respondent, eliminating the measure’s linearity and increasing its slope for biased response totals that were relatively high (Larson, 2019).…”

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Profiling Green Consumers

Larson¹,

Farac²

2019

Social Marketing Quarterly

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Many studies have tried using demographics and other measures to improve our understanding of prospective green buyers and to learn how to encourage more green behaviors. This study employed two online surveys of U.S. adults (total of 1,330 respondents) to examine the contribution of demographic, psychographic, and other variables for describing consumers with environment-friendly attitudes. The results confirmed the limited value of demographics (e.g., age was not related to green attitudes). New variables tested included impulsiveness behavior, privacy concerns, religiosity, spirituality, risk and time preferences, handedness, and political orientation. Although most green studies have not included social desirability bias controls, this measure appeared to be important. Other variables that were positively linked to green attitudes include hedonic consumption, privacy concerns, spirituality measures, risk preferences, and liberal political preferences. These results offer new insights for building segments of green consumers, for developing messages for these consumers, and for efficiently communicating with consumers who have environment-friendly attitudes.

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Controlling social desirability bias

Cited by 356 publications

References 101 publications

Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Is Environmental Awareness a Good Predictor of an Individual’s Altruism Level?

Patterns of Biomarker Use in Cancer Treatment Among Medical Oncologists in the Philippines

Profiling Green Consumers

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