Asking participants in a survey if they agree with the statement "I like spending my free time with other people" and later in the survey asking in they agree with the statement "I enjoy being alone during my free time" will help in identifying
A) loaded questions.
B) negative wording.
C) response sets.
D) double-barreled questions.

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Asking opposite or similar questions within a survey is one strategy to identify whether participants are using response sets, such as always agreeing or always disagreeing. This technique can help researchers detect and eliminate unreliable responses. This question pair also uses opposite poles of the same dimension, which increases construct validity.

Asking Participants in a Survey If They Agree with the Statement