this likely understates the magnitudes of differences in underlying traits across cities, owing to people anchoring on the people who they know when answering the questions
Sure, if there really are differences, this method probably underestimates them. But there are other phenomena that could create false differences, such as varying social desirability bias.
Yes, this is something that I’ve wondered about quite a bit specifically in connection with the variation in conscientiousness and agreeableness by religion. I plan on partially addressing this issue by discussing some objective behavioral proxies to the personality traits in later posts.
Sure, if there really are differences, this method probably underestimates them. But there are other phenomena that could create false differences, such as varying social desirability bias.
Yes, this is something that I’ve wondered about quite a bit specifically in connection with the variation in conscientiousness and agreeableness by religion. I plan on partially addressing this issue by discussing some objective behavioral proxies to the personality traits in later posts.