In this research, we study social desirability and demand artifacts in light of the increasing use of on-line studies. Our experiment shows that this data collection medium does not always reduce these biases. First, when an attractive interviewer appears on the cover page of an on-line study,...

This study examines the limits of global corruption indicators based on experts’ perceptions. It draws on a wave of original surveys conducted in eight African countries that combined two types of approaches. The first approach covers a sample of over 35,000 people and uses experience-based...

The emergence of institutions, governance and especially corruption as major development considerations has generated a whole host of international databases intended to measure these concepts. These databases are now widely used in both the academic world and for public policies, especially for...

Cet article fait un point technique et méthodologique sur les écarts entre agrégats issus des comptes nationaux et des enquêtes auprès des ménages, tant en niveau absolu qu’en évolution, pour la mesure de la consommation et du revenu des ménages, et corrélativement celle de la...

In many research papers the research methodology section gives details of the context and data gathering strategy however the data analysis process often remains a mystery. In an aim to increase collective reflection on data analysis, this article adds to emerging literature on the subject....

Partant de l’expérience accumulée en matière de mesure du secteur informel au cours des dernières décennies en Afrique et dans le monde, cet article a pour objectif de mettre en lumière les principales contraintes rencontrées, les défis à relever et de proposer un certain nombre de...

Comme le soulignent Journé & Raulet-Croset (2012), la notion de situation de gestion (Girin, 1990a, b) est particulièrement pertinente pour rendre compte des aspects émergents et dynamiques des situations gérées par les managers, marquées par l’ambiguïté, l’équivocité et...

This article investigates the impact of two data collection modes (online surveys and paper-and-pencil surveys) and the perceived attractiveness of the experimenter on two types of response biases: social desirability and demand artifacts. Its results highlight the combined effect of the data...