Author Question: Smyth et al. (2009) have shown that researchers can get longer, more complete answers to open-ended ... (Read 61 times)

plus1 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Smyth et al. (2009) have shown that researchers can get longer, more complete answers to open-ended questions on internet-based surveys by

a. modifying the original closed-ended questions.
b. increasing the sizes of the boxes into which respondents type their answers.
c. encouraging respondents to engage in satisficing.
d. stressing the importance of optimizing their answers.

Question 2

Which of the following is an advantage of cluster sampling over simple random sampling in many cases?

a. the error of estimation is lower
b. the respondents may be closer together geographically
c. it is more representative of the population
d. it is a nonprobability sampling procedure
e. the required sample size is smaller