You are conducting a narrative research study about adolescent tobacco use in high schools. You sense that the person whose life experiences you are studying is "faking" the information by telling you that he can go "cold turkey" and quit smoking whenever he wants. To counter the potential ethical distortion of data, you might use the procedure of

a. repeating the interview question in different ways.
b. asking the individual's friends about his smoking behavior.
c. asking the participant whether he is telling false stories.
d. asking the participant whether he can remember events accurately.


b

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