Imagine That You Have Been Asked to Work as an Interviewer

question 16

Essay

Imagine that you have been asked to work as an interviewer in a project looking at abusive parents.Think about your age,your sex,your social status and other issues related to bridging the "great divide." What are the difficulties you would anticipate in this project? Would you expect to get truthful answers? What advice can you lend to the sponsor or designer of the research about interviewers,the site of the interview and the general design of the interview instrument?

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