Which of the following polling methods is most likely to yield accurate or honest results on personal health topics?
A)A face-to-face, free response survey outside of post offices
B)Online polls for which users must register an active email address, limiting each user to one poll submission
C)By going door-to-door to ask people multiple-choice questions
D)By organizing polling groups in which groups answer and discuss questions together

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Indirect response-gathering methods, like online polls, generally receive the most honest responses. Where online polls, as well as mail-in surveys, mobile text polls, etc., fall short on overall validity is in the administrator's ability to guarantee that each voter participates only once. This is a much bigger liability for political polls or pop culture polls, where there is a degree of competition involved. However, responses that a participant gives in private are generally the most honest answers, particularly if the subject is an intimate topic, like health.

Which of the Following Polling Methods Is Most Likely to Yield