Instructional manipulation checks: Detecting satisficing to increase statistical power

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 867-872

  Oppenheimer, Daniel M ^a   Meyvis, Tom ^b   Davidenko, Nicolas ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Instructions; Manipulation checks; Satisficing; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651014851     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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