Charmaine had been asked by her company to develop a better understanding of the market potential for plasma TVs in Russia. Charmaine decided to conduct a small intercept survey and designed her own questionnaire. One of the questions asked was: ‘How much money do you make each month?’ Charmaine found, however, that only 0.25% of respondents were willing to answer that question. The most likely reason for the low response rate is:

(a) The sample size was too small
(b) Conjoint variables should have been used
(c) The question should have been asked indirectly
(d) A realism check question was needed


(c) The question should have been asked indirectly

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