High Refusal Rates

question 24

Multiple Choice

High refusal rates

• A)are more likely in personal interviewing than in a mail survey.
• B)are a major source of error, since those who refuse to participate are likely to differ in important respects from
• Respondents.
• C)are beyond a researcher's control.
• D)are not a problem in some surveys because those who refuse to participate can be replaced by cooperative respondents.
• E)none of the above.

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