Suppose a Campus Survey Includes the Following Two Questions: "How

question 35

Multiple Choice

Suppose a campus survey includes the following two questions: "How would you rate your academic experience?" and "How would you rate your college experience?" According to Grice's maxim of nonredundancy, respondents should

• A) be annoyed by having to answer questions that are nearly redundant.
• B) interpret the questions as having a different meaning.
• C) give highly similar responses to the two questions that will undermine measurement validity.
• D) invariably ask interviewers to explain how the questions differ from one another.

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Definitions:

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