Factors Influencing Falsehood in Online Educational Research

Authors

  • Lina Gaiziuniene Kaunas University of Technology
  • Gintautas Cibulskas Kaunas University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ss.80.2.4846

Keywords:

falsehood in quantitative research, securing validity, factors influencing respondents’ truth/sincerity and openness

Abstract

The article dwells on scientific literature, investigating the factors which influence respondents’ not telling the truth, induce falsehood, or provokes telling lies, in online educational research and, consequently, affect straightway the validity of quantitative investigation. As a result, the research presents a systemic model of these modifiers. The agents causing falsehood are being investigated in the light of three perspectives: quantitative research, online research, and educational research.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ss.80.2.4846

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Published

2013-07-25

Issue

Vol. 80 No. 2 (2013)

Section

SOCIAL REALITY AND ITS COGNITION: THE ASPECT OF SAFETY

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