Respondent Militancy as a Control Variable for Interviewer Effect

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ID10225024
AuthorsHerschel Shosteck (corresponding author)
Year1977
Volume33
Issue4
Pages36-45
Publication date1977-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4537 • E-ISSN: 1540-4560
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1540-4560.1977.tb02520.x
OpenAlexW2072115317
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited4

This paper describes the apparent predictability of interviewer effect which arises between white interviewer and black respondents and the contingent conditions under which it operates. Three tentative conclusions emerge: (a) interviewer effect operates only when questions treat opinions and attitudes; (b) black respondents are more likely to identify “racially sensitive” problems as areas of high concern when speaking to black interviewers, however, the relative frequency with which black respondents cite these problems remains the same regardless of the race of the interviewer; and (c) militant blacks appear uninfluenced by the white interviewer. This suggests that in studying black and other minority groups, the views of militants may prove accurate indices of the felt but unexpressed views of the overall group. Should this be so, rather than recruit, train, and retain minority interviewers, one might use white interviewers together with questionnaire scales to filter out the less truculent respondents

Interview · Political science · Predictability · Race (biology · Respondent · Sociology · Statistics · White (mutation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Survey Sampling and Estimation Techniques

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