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Response invalidity in empirical research: Causes, detection, and remedies
Author(s) -
Edwards Jeffrey R.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of operations management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.649
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1873-1317
pISSN - 0272-6963
DOI - 10.1016/j.jom.2018.12.002
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , psychology , empirical research , survey research , social psychology , external validity , point (geometry) , applied psychology , response bias , management science , epistemology , economics , mathematics , philosophy , geometry , psychotherapist
Research in behavioral operations management and related areas relies heavily on self‐report measures. The utility of such measures depends on the extent to which the responses are valid, meaning they correspond to the thoughts and beliefs of respondents with regard to the phenomena under study. Response validity is undermined when respondents are unwilling or unable to provide adequate responses to survey questions, an issue that has generated an array of methods for screening and evaluating survey data and dealing with dubious responses. This article uses the work of Abbey and Meloy (2017) as a point of departure to examine the causes, detection, and remedies of response invalidity. The article concludes with recommendations for future research that treats response validity and its dimensions as methods factors that should be formally incorporated into statistical models.