[Air-L] Gender in surveys/tests

[Arin Basu]

Depends on your survey. It's not _that_ simple. See the paper by Teclaw et al (2011) for instance,

Teclaw, R., Price, M., & Osatuke, K. (2011). Demographic Question Placement: Effect on Item Response Rates and Means of a Veterans Health Administration Survey Journal of Business and Psychology DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9249-y 

Best,
Arin

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> On 15/07/2016, at 7:36 AM, Devayani Tirthali <devayani.tirthali at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have always followed the rule of thumb to not ask the demographic
> questions - gender, race/ethnicity - in the beginning of the survey or a
> test because it affects how people answer the questions.
> 
> Can somebody please share some research that supports this? I remember
> reading research about how test scores are affected when students are
> reminded about their gender and gender related stereotype. I also remember
> reading a thread on air listserv where somebody pointed out not to ask
> gender questions in the beginning of the survey. But cannot find any of the
> papers or that email thread. If
> 
> Can anybody share literature that offers reason for not asking gender
> question in the beginning of the survey?
> 
> Thanks,
> Devayani
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