Asking Questions about Sensitive Topics; Protecting Respondents
Monday will be devoted to the remaining class critiques of Assignment #5. Here are the links you'll need to prepare for class on Wednesday (links will open in a new browser window):
Lecture/Class
- Lecture outline for this week (Acrobat format)
[Requires Course Password]
Reading Assignments
- Dillman: Chapter 7
- Tourangeau: Chapters 9 & 10
- Bradburn et al.: Chapters 3 & 11
- AAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices
Additional Resources
- Information about Certificates of Confidentiality from the National Institutes of Health
- AAPOR Statement on Best Practices for Survey and Public Opinion Research
- American Psychological Association Ethics Code: Protection of Human Participants in Survey Research
- Website for the Implicit Association Test (IAT)
- Suggestions for further reading