When a Phone Interviewer Asks a Respondent If They Would

question 52

Multiple Choice

When a phone interviewer asks a respondent if they would be willing to fill out a ten- page survey that would be mailed to them the following week,and when receiving a negative response to that request,asks the respondent if she would answer three short questions over the phone at the present time,this is an example of:

• A)the foot-in-the-door technique
• B)probing
• C)the door-in-the-face technique
• D)verification

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Definitions:

Lopsided

Uneven or unbalanced, often referring to situations or structures that are disproportionately weighted to one side.

Scores

Quantitative measures or qualitative assessments used to represent an individual's performance, achievement, or capability in a specific domain.

Extreme

A condition, situation, or attribute that is far beyond the norm or average, often used in psychological studies to describe outlier behaviors or conditions.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, including the mean, median, and mode as common examples.