This thread shares a timely example of what I'm teaching about today in research methods: how seemingly minor details in how we construct our studies and measure things can affect how different groups of participants interpret & respond (and our inferences from those responses). https://twitter.com/ProfMartyWest/status/1336309135764287490

Today's readings included Clark & Schober's (1992) "Asking questions and influencing answers"

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1992-97329-001

As well as Carbone et al's (2002) article on using cognitive interviewing techniques to check for differences in interpretation as we develop surveys. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12008995/ 

For the current issue of the COVID vaccine, when trying to figure out things like vaccine uptake intentions, we really have to pay close attention to how the questions are asked and what the wording and answer options imply for people from different cultural backgrounds.