Interviews Are Used as Data Gathering Methods When

question 36

Multiple Choice

Interviews are used as data gathering methods when:

• A)The researcher knows how to conduct interviews.
• B)The researcher wants to conduct interviews.
• C)The research supervisor wants the researcher to use interviews.
• D)The researcher can identify key respondents and can engage these respondents in an interview process, and when interview data will serve the research agenda.

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Definitions:

Primary Mental Abilities

According to Thurstone, seven relatively distinct capabilities that singly or in combination are involved in all intellectual activities.

Charles Spearman

A British psychologist who contributed to the development of factor analysis and the concept of general intelligence, represented as the "g" factor.

Louis Thurstone

An influential psychologist best known for his contributions to psychometrics and the theory of multiple intelligences.

Howard Gardner

An American developmental psychologist best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, which suggests that there are several types of intelligence that are distinct from each other.