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pragya sharda

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The __________ is the level of reality that a researcher examines.
 
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Good closed-format surveys have three features, mutually exclusive, exhaustive, and balanced. Discuss these three features and an example of each.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

level of analysis

Answer to Question 2

Mutually exclusive means that response categories do not overlap. An example of overlap might be that a respondent finds his unique answer in two different categories. Exhaustive means that each respondent has a choice. An example would be that a respondent finds his unique answer on the questionnaire, i.e. he is employed as a baker, and baker is included as a profession. Balanced means that the survey offers favorable or unfavorable choices equally. An example would be that a respondent answers a question that doesn't seem biased to one response - an unbalance question would be,

When you vote, will you vote for John McCain or any of the other candidates?



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