Researchers and practitioners are increasingly using methods from the social sciences to
address complex conservation challenges. This brings benefits but also the responsibility to …

The validity of empirical research often relies upon the accuracy of self-reported behavior
and beliefs. Yet eliciting truthful answers in surveys is challenging, especially when studying …

Vladimir Putin has managed to achieve strikingly high public approval ratings throughout his
time as president and prime minister of Russia. But is his popularity real, or are respondents …

When studying sensitive issues, including corruption, prejudice, and sexual behavior,
researchers have increasingly relied upon indirect questioning techniques to mitigate such …

The item count technique is a survey methodology that is designed to elicit respondents'
truthful answers to sensitive questions such as racial prejudice and drug use. The method is …

The study of popular support for authoritarian regimes has long relied on the assumption
that respondents provide truthful answers to surveys. However, when measuring regime …

List and endorsement experiments are becoming increasingly popular among social
scientists as indirect survey techniques for sensitive questions. When studying issues such …

Objective We measure the prevalence of noncompliance with public health guidelines in the
COVID‐19 pandemic and examine how it is shaped by political ideology across countries …

Research on pro-environmental behavior (PEB) informs social policies and interventions, so
the quality of PEB measurement is critical. Self-reported PEB measures in surveys often …

Although illegal wildlife trade (IWT) represents a serious threat to biodiversity, research into
the prevalence of illegal plant collection and trade remains scarce. Because cacti and …