Cognitive Interviews Are

question 5

Multiple Choice

Cognitive interviews are

• A) interviews that ask respondents to freely think about any topic that comes to mind. This interview method is very qualitative and builds on the ideas of grounded theory.
• B) a social psychological interview technique that probes into the deepest cognitive processes of the individual mind.
• C) a technique used to learn about how respondents answer a questionnaire. It allows researchers to make final changes to a questionnaire, while respondents "think out loud" while they answer a questionnaire.
• D) a technique, used by mostly journalists, where the interviewer leads the respondent to more sensationalized responses.

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