Psychology · Psychometrics & Measurement
A topic within Psychometrics & Measurement, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Psychology.
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Jon A. Krosnick
Reviews how question wording, order and response-scale design measurably change survey answers, and argues satisficing - giving a plausible-enough answer rather than the most accurate one - explains many of these effects.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Norbert Schwarz
Demonstrates that survey answers are constructed on the spot from the wording, order and response format of a question, so trivial changes in how a question is asked can reverse what a survey appears to find.