TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Measuring inter-racial friendships
JO  - Social science research
A1  - Smith, Tom W.
SP  - 576
EP  - 593
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - Different methods of measuring inter-racial contacts produce large differences in the level of the same. Experiments conducted on the 1998 General Social Survey indicate that estimates of how many people have inter-racial friends are much higher when a direct question is asked, intermediate when a three-step procedure is used, and the least when a name-generator, network approach is used. Cognitive and social desirability reasons for these effects are discussed.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0049-089X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00015-7
ID  - ref1
ER  -