The workers’ study was designed to test questionnaire method itself

Evidence

3 A third possible result, and one which can certainly be achieved, is that this excellent questionnaire can really be used to show what can and cannot be achieved methodologically by means of questionnaires. A number of methodological refinements will be applied to the processing of the questionnaires which are quite new, and which will certainly make publication useful from this point of view as well. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 698 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: The infrahumanization measure underlies the study design manipulating perceived impact. — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the…, 42; Fromm saw the workers questionnaire as a methodological proving ground — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 698

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