Geoffrey W. Sutton PhD, Psychology and Culture

  Anchors are the labels at the end points of a rating scale. For example, a researcher may ask respondents to rate an item on a five-point scale of agreement ranging from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree. The two endpoint labels,  strongly disagree and strongly agree,  are the anchors. Ad Learn more about Creating Surveys Geoffrey W. Sutton, PhD  is Emeritus Professor of Psychology. He retired from a clinical practice and was credentialed in clinical neuropsychology and psychopharmacology. His website is    www.suttong.com   See Geoffrey Sutton’s books  on    AMAZON          or    GOOGLE STORE Follow on      FACEBOOK     Geoff W. Sutton           TWITTER    @Geoff.W.Sutton       You can read many published articles at no charge:    Academia    Geoff W Sutton ...

How often do you wash your hands after using a toilet? Research indicates that surveys do not capture the reality based on observational evidence. People report higher levels than have been observed. Americans appear to be washing their hands more than in the past. Data from 2010 indicate an observation-based rate at 85% compared to 77% in 2007. American women wash their hands more than men after using a public restroom: women 93%, men 77% (2010). By subtraction, we observe the dirty hands rate below. The percentage of unwashed American hands after using a public restroom were men 23%, women 7% in 2010. ********** In washing hands research, look for these details. Did they assess by electronic sensor, direct observation, video recording, person-person survey, online or paper survey?   Did they check for soap and water compared to water only? What we want in hand washing studies are unobtrusive observations of large numbers of people and data for use of water, ...