Measuring Social Desirability Effects on Self-Reported Turnout Using the Item Count Technique

Journal Article Measuring Social Desirability Effects on Self-Reported Turnout Using the Item Count Technique Get access Mircea Comşa, Mircea Comşa Department of Sociology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Romania Mircea Comşa is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, where he teaches Survey Methodology, Research Design, Electoral Sociology, and Complex Preferences Analysis. His research interest includes: survey research, electoral studies, research design, multivariate data analysis, and sampling. He has been involved in research teams such as the Public Opinion Barometer (Soros Foundation, 1998–2008), Romanian Electoral Studies (Soros Foundation, since 2009), European Values Survey (since 2005), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (wave 3), Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (since 2006), and Change and Stability in Romanian Electoral Behavior, 2009–2014. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Camil Postelnicu Camil Postelnicu Department of Sociology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University, Romania Camil Postelnicu is an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, "Babeş-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He teaches Public Opinion, Social Psychology, and Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis. His areas of interest include mixed methods research, group processes, deliberative democracy, and political participation. He has worked in several research projects including Romanian Political Culture and Civic Participation (2004–2005), Civic and Political Participation in Romania: Explaining the lack of participation (2006–2008), and Change and Stability in Romanian Electoral Behavior, 2009–2014. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 25, Issue 2, Summer 2013, Pages 153–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/eds019 Published: 11 July 2012