Why is information about the participant, such as GPA, age, and gender, placed at the end of a survey rather than at the beginning?
a. To avoid having their answers influence subsequent responses
b. So participants don’t experience as much fatigue
c. To increase external validity
d. So participants don’t demonstrate anchor bias
Ans: A
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