In the Pretesting of a Questionnaire,a Researcher Finds That Respondents

question 27

Multiple Choice

In the pretesting of a questionnaire,a researcher finds that respondents perceive several of the questions as leading,and others as difficult to understand.If the researcher does not make the necessary revisions to the questionnaire,there will probably be a large amount of which of the following?

• A)processing error
• B)interviewer error
• C)surrogate information error
• D)measurement instrument bias
• E)none of the above

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