In conducting a survey for an AIDS clinic,you must ask participants some very personal questions.It would be most appropriate to ask:
A) closed questions, so the participants will not give you answers you do not expect.
B) open questions, since people will welcome the opportunity to share their problems.
C) open questions, because if slightly pressured, respondents will eventually open up.
D) closed multiple choice questions, since seeing the choices listed shows people that their answer is acceptable.
E) open questions, as analyzing the responses from open questions is less straightforward than from closed questions.

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Use closed multiple-choice questions for potentially embarrassing topics. Seeing their own situation listed as one response can help respondents feel that it is acceptable. However, very sensitive issues are perhaps better asked in an interview, where the interviewer can build trust and reveal information about himself or herself to encourage the interviewee to answer.

In Conducting a Survey for an AIDS Clinic,you Must Ask