When Names Are Removed from Questionnaires and Are Replaced with Identification

question 30

Multiple Choice

When names are removed from questionnaires and are replaced with identification numbers so that only the researcher can later link a response to a particular name, the researcher should tell the respondent that the information is:

• A)anonymous.
• B)confidential.
• C)anonymous and confidential.
• D)harmless.
• E)secure.

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Definitions:

Return Statement

A statement in programming languages used to exit a function and optionally pass back a value to the caller.

Invocation

The act of calling a method or a function in a program.

Void

A keyword used in programming to specify that a method does not return a value.

Mutator Methods

Methods that allow for changing the state of an object by modifying its instance variables.