How True Is True? Assessing Socially Desirable Response Bias

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-335

  Matthews, B Alex ^a   Baker, Frank ^b   Spillers, Rachel L ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health care professionals; Research methodology; Socially desirable responses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038685418     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024420231961     Document Type: Article

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