Screening Questions Are Used To

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Multiple Choice

Screening questions are used to:

• A)increase reliability by screening out respondents with inconsistent answers.
• B)shield the true purpose of a question from a respondent.
• C)determine whether or not a potential respondent qualifies to take part in a survey based on certain selection criteria the researcher has deemed essential.
• D)increase response rates by screening out unlikely respondents.
• E)ensure that certain results will be achieved by choosing your respondents.

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Definitions:

Symbolic Attributes

Qualities or features of an object or entity that represent or stand for something else, carrying additional meaning beyond their inherent traits.

Gestalt

A psychological theory that emphasizes the human mind and behavior as being organized into wholes, where the perceived whole is different from and often more than the sum of its parts.

Stimuli

External events or occurrences that can elicit responses from sensory organs, leading to various forms of responses in an organism.

Gestalt Psychology

A psychological approach that emphasizes the holistic and intrinsic properties of perceptual phenomena, focusing on patterns and configurations.