Response bias

How it is used

Distinguish distorted answers from failure to respond.

Example sentences

1. The leading wording may introduce response bias into our satisfaction survey.

   Question wording can push answers in one direction.

2. Anonymous forms reduced one possible source of response bias.

   Privacy may change how honestly people answer.

Common collocations

• reduce response bias
• source of response bias

Related terms

• questionnaireA set of written questions given to many people to collect information about their opinions, experiences or behavior.
• anonymityThe condition in which participants cannot be identified from the data or the published report, sometimes not even by the researcher.

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