Which of the following is not appropriate in a structured interview?
a. being friendly and putting the respondent at ease before beginning.
b. recording responses verbatim.
c. skipping questions already answered by the respondent.
d. following the question order precisely regardless of respondent's answers to previous questions.
e. using the same wording for all respondents.
Ques. 2According to Erikson, personality growth occurs in eight stages that are characterized by
a. the confrontation and resolution of various crises for better or worse.
b. dichotomies that lack any prescribed order, though these stages are nonetheless experienced by most individuals.
c. the acceptance of desirable qualities and the rejection of negative ones; a preponderance of desirable qualities is what determines how well adjusted someone is.
d. a perfect balance between positive and negative personality characteristics.
Ques. 3The purpose of random digit dialing is to
a. reach people without telephones.
b. guarantee anonymity to the respondents.
c. reach people with unlisted telephone numbers.
d. insure a representative sample.