The Future of Opinion Polls: A Conversation with Mark Pack
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Do Proxy Questions Work?
I wanted to ask you about proxy questions. I mean, i don't knowif you askd someone how rich they are, they may not want to say. So is that a thing? And do proxy questions work? Yesa it partly can be that people sometimes are sort of not comfortable or happy to give an honest answer to a question. It may also be sometimes that people are not very self aware and may not know. People may have a sense of embarrassment or shame or boastfulness in answering that questin. Quite often what can be useful, not just in politics, but also particularly in wider social science research,. If it's investigating issues around, say, sexuality relationships, sexual
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