The General Guidelines for Coding Unstructured Questions and Questionnaires Include

question 22

Multiple Choice

The general guidelines for coding unstructured questions and questionnaires include all of the following except ________.

• A)category codes should be mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive
• B)category codes should be assigned for critical issues even if no one has mentioned them
• C)answers should be abbreviated as much as possible
• D)data should be coded to retain as much detail as possible

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Definitions:

Bacteriophages

Viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, often used as tools in molecular biology and genetics.

Plasmids

Small, circular, double-stranded DNA molecules that are separate from a cell's chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently, often used in genetic engineering.

Recombinant Organisms

Organisms that have been genetically engineered by inserting DNA from a different organism to gain desired traits.

Sticky Ends

are the single-stranded overhangs left after DNA is cut by certain restriction enzymes, which can bond with complementary sticky ends of other DNA fragments.