After You Have Identified a Sponsor and Sent a Letter

question 66

Multiple Choice

After you have identified a sponsor and sent a letter to a formal organization stating your interest in research,a phone call is typically the next step in the process.You have agreed upon a time and day for the phone call and at the appointed time,you call.The director will not take your call.In this case you should do which of the following?

• A) forget that specific organization as a target of your research because if the director will not take your call now, you cannot expect much from him once the research begins
• B) keep calling back until your call is taken by the director
• C) ask to speak the director's assistant and make an appointment for a meeting
• D) find another sponsor and see if you have better luck getting access to the director

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