While Conducting a Survey Interview,a Participant Becomes Slightly Embarrassed and Decides

question 80

Multiple Choice

While conducting a survey interview,a participant becomes slightly embarrassed and decides to answer the questions in such a way as to make himself look more friendly and acceptable to the interviewer.The participant does this on his own and is NOT responding to any cues the interviewer is providing.This example most clearly demonstrates which limitation of survey research?

• A) experimenter effects
• B) demand characteristics
• C) the social desirability bias
• D) random sampling

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