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Method Bias Mechanisms and Procedural Remedies

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ID2331082
AuthorsMinghui Yao (0000-0002-0020-9977, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Yunjie Xu (0000-0001-8590-0806, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume53
Issue1
Pages235-278
Publication date2024-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Methods & Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0049-1241 • E-ISSN: 1552-8294
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00491241211043141
OpenAlexW3213556178
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited119

As a crucial method in organizational and social behavior research, self-report surveys must manage method bias. Method biases are distorted scores in survey response, distorted variance in variables, and distorted relational estimates between variables caused by method designs. Studies on method bias have focused on post hoc statistical control, but integrated analyses of the sociopsychological mechanism of method bias are lacking. This review proposes a framework for method bias and offers a relatively complete and detailed review of the sociopsychological and statistical mechanisms of four main types of method bias and their procedural remedies. This review proposes 'reduce, remove, and rectify' as a guideline for researchers in survey design to address method bias. Finally, this review presents two directions for future methodology research

Common-method variance · Data mining · Econometrics · Guideline · Political science · Statistics · Survey methodology · Variance (accounting) · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Computer Science · Customer Service Quality and Loyalty · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

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Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
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