To Avoid the Possibility of Biasing Responses to Your Questionnaire

question 53

Multiple Choice

To avoid the possibility of biasing responses to your questionnaire, you should

• A) include an "other" category as the first alternative.
• B) omit "other" from the listing of alternatives in most questions.
• C) use broad categories for all alternatives.
• D) recruit a homogeneous population of the sample.
• E) arrange alternatives alphabetically or in another logical order.

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