Research Evidence Supports the Contention That

question 19

Multiple Choice

Research evidence supports the contention that:

• A) the gender of respondents and interviewers does NOT influence the answers in a survey.
• B) black interviewers are likely to obtain more information on consumption expenditures in a predominantly white neighborhood.
• C) it is better to have an old interviewer interview a young respondent and vice versa so as to keep the interview from wandering off the intended topic into areas of mutual interest.
• D) the further the social distance between the interviewer and the respondent the greater the bias.
• E) background factors of interviewer and interviewee do NOT generally influence the information obtained.

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