Yes, in general. But, there are ways to get around this. Take racism for example. If you ask people to place themselves on a scale of how racist they are, you aren't going to get very many to admit any racism. But, in the GSS data and other more sophisticated polling, they ask a series of questions that indirectly establish racism, and s…
Yes, in general. But, there are ways to get around this. Take racism for example. If you ask people to place themselves on a scale of how racist they are, you aren't going to get very many to admit any racism. But, in the GSS data and other more sophisticated polling, they ask a series of questions that indirectly establish racism, and set those questions in different series, like intermarriage questions and neighborhood questions and diversity questions. And you can add questions or subtract questions that no longer are valid as you go forward. Peoples opinions often contradict internally on a variety of elements. So, you need to have a variety of ways to ask about the same thing and then correlate that with what you are trying to understand.
General Social Survey...........been asking questions since 1972 so we can track trends. National Opinion Research Center at U. of Chicago. (Independent from the university)
Yes, in general. But, there are ways to get around this. Take racism for example. If you ask people to place themselves on a scale of how racist they are, you aren't going to get very many to admit any racism. But, in the GSS data and other more sophisticated polling, they ask a series of questions that indirectly establish racism, and set those questions in different series, like intermarriage questions and neighborhood questions and diversity questions. And you can add questions or subtract questions that no longer are valid as you go forward. Peoples opinions often contradict internally on a variety of elements. So, you need to have a variety of ways to ask about the same thing and then correlate that with what you are trying to understand.
What is GSS data? thx
General Social Survey...........been asking questions since 1972 so we can track trends. National Opinion Research Center at U. of Chicago. (Independent from the university)