Rachel Luecht Was Responsible for Conducting a Survey of Her

question 42

Multiple Choice

Rachel Luecht was responsible for conducting a survey of her university to determine what extent the students were in favor of a number of changes the university administration was considering. She would need to collect four hundred completed interviews in a five-day period, and the administration had given her a budget of $2,000.00 to collect the information. Rachel put posters up around the campus asking for students who wanted to earn extra cash by interviewing other students on campus. At the meeting of the volunteers, Rachel offers to pay them $8.00 an hour and told them they should complete at least three interviews for each hour they worked. Rachel's decision to pay the interviewers this way will:

• A) help ensure there are no misunderstandings among the fieldworkers collecting the information
• B) help ensure that there is a minimum of fatigue among the fieldworkers collecting the information
• C) help ensure that her fieldworkers do not cheat
• D) help ensure that leading respondents will be held at a minimum because she is giving the fieldworkers ample time to conduct the interviews
• E) help control respondent misunderstandings

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