The Methodology of Risk Perception Research |
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Authors: | Sjöberg Lennart |
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Affiliation: | (1) Center for Risk Research, Stockholm School of Economics, Box 6501, 113 83 Stockholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Risk perception is not strictly a matter ofsensory perception, but of attitudesand expectations. As such, it can be studied byreasonably well developed methods of attitudemeasurement and psychological scaling. Suchmeasurement needs to be applied in a pragmaticfashion, however, since the discussions of fundamentalmeasurement and requirements of scale levelsappropriate for various types of statistical analysis hasfailed in establishing a useful basis for empiricalresearch. The paper also discuses samplingprocedures and the response rateproblem. In risk perception work, there is usually abias involving too many respondents withan above average level ofeducation, but that variable tends to be weaklyrelated to risk perception variables. Finally,post-modern claims and their rejection ofquantitative methods are critically discussed. |
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Keywords: | risk perception research methods measurement attitudes |
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