The Halo Effect Is Best Avoided By

question 89

Multiple Choice

The halo effect is best avoided by:

• A)doing a couple of things wrong during the entire research project.
• B)flipping favorable and unfavorable endpoints on different scale items.
• C)flipping "bad" scales to the back of the survey to encourage a good response before the respondents get to the bad questions.
• D)using only percentage scales.
• E)using only closed-ended questions.

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