A Researcher Adjusted the Wording of a Question to Guide

question 59

Multiple Choice

A researcher adjusted the wording of a question to guide a respondent's answer and recorded only selected portions of a respondent's answers.What survey problem does this represent?

• A) interviewer bias
• B) response bias
• C) selection bias
• D) respondent bias

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