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kwoodring

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of structured undisguised questions?
 a. Typically, responses as well as questions are standardized.
  b. They tend to be less reliable than other question types because answers may not reflect the true state of affairs.
  c. Providing alternative responses sometimes helps to make the question clear.
  d. The use of fixed alternatives sometimes prompts a respondent to provide a response even when he or she has no opinion.
  e. All of the above are true.

Question 2

Which of the following is FALSE?
 a. Structured-undisguised questioning produces more reliable results, although this greater reliability may be obtained at the loss of some validity.
  b. When replies are limited to fixed answers as in structured-undisguised questionnaires, there is the minimum possibility for the respondent to misunderstand the meaning intended by the interviewer and visa versa.
  c. The responses as well as the questions are standardized in a structured-undisguised questionnaire.
  d. One shortcoming of the structured-undisguised question is that it often does not allow an expression of strength and feeling.
  e. In structured questions the frame of reference is often obvious from the alternatives.



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Koolkid240

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

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