A Researcher Is Interested in Discovering Whether the Topics of Written

question 5

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in discovering whether the topics of written family complaints are shared by the majority of patients' families in a major university hospital, or whether merely a minority of the patients' families are disgruntled. The researcher goes throughout the hospital each day and hands family members a printed form and pencil and asks them to answer the 10 questions, all of which have three to five responses, in return for a "$3 off" coupon to be used in the hospital cafeteria. What is this printed form called?

• A)A questionnaire
• B)A Likert scale
• C)A forced choice scale
• D)An interview

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