How can researchers maximize the likelihood of getting good answers to sensitive questions?

What will be an ideal response?


Researchers increase the validity of answers to sensitive questions by guaranteeing anonymity and confidentiality, using surveyors with similar demographic characteristics as respondents, and creating forced choice questions rather than using open-ended questions.

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The Massachusetts health care reform was passed in 2006 with the help of which governor?

a. Howard Dean b. Jeb Bush c. Barack Obama d. Mitt Romney

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Considering the average voter turnout percentages for primaries and caucuses, what would you advise a candidate whose campaign you were managing about spending time in states with primaries and states with caucuses?

a. Primaries will give a clearer indication of voter favor, so go with states with primaries. b. Caucuses indicate the preferences of rank-and-file party members, so spend more time in those states. c. Spend equal amounts of time in all states so as not to show favoritism. d. Strategies for spending time in primary states versus caucus states have shown no differences in outcomes.

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Those calling for the adoption of the Constitution presented all of the following arguments EXCEPT that Federalism would

a. protect individual rights while allowing the government to work for the common good. b. help prevent tyranny. c. help prevent war between the states. d. allow the states to be a testing ground for new policies and programs. e. give the states greater sovereignty and independence.

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