During the COVID-19 pandemic, sizeable groups of unvaccinated people persist even in
countries with high vaccine access. As a consequence, vaccination became a controversial …

The disclosure of cases of research misconduct in clinical trials, conventionally defined as
fabrication, falsification or plagiarism, has been a disturbingly common phenomenon in …

" The level is appropriate for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level statistics major.
Sampling: Design and Analysis (SDA) will also benefit a non-statistics major with a desire to …

How can we elicit honest responses in surveys? Conjoint analysis has become a popular
tool to address social desirability bias (SDB), or systematic survey misreporting on sensitive …

Eliciting honest answers to sensitive questions is frustrated if subjects withhold the truth for
fear that others will judge or punish them. The resulting bias is commonly referred to as …

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

In theory, granting politicians tools to oversee bureaucrats can reduce administrative
malfeasance. In contrast, I argue that the political control of bureaucrats can increase …

Conservation increasingly seeks knowledge of human behaviour. However, securing
reliable data can be challenging, particularly if the behaviour is illegal or otherwise sensitive …

While research design and methods may seem like a rather prosaic subject, it is an
important tool for understanding fascinating and important questions in the world, such as …

Governments, militaries, and aid organizations all rely on economic interventions to shape
civilian attitudes toward combatants during wartime. We have, however, little individual-level …