Which of the following is True of skip questions?
A) In order to speed through the data collection process, an interviewer may ask the respondent a few skip questions.
B) If an interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip questions, he or she cannot recontact respondents and verify their responses to skip questions.
C) If an interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip questions, the respondent can skip those questions.
D) If a respondent on a survey fails to follow instructions for skip questions, the interviewer may inject a tone of negativity into the interviewing process.
E) Skip questions are not a problem with online surveys since the computer controls the sequence of answering questions.

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Skip questions are designed to guide respondents through a survey based on their previous answers. In online surveys, the computer can automatically direct the respondent to the appropriate next question based on their responses, effectively managing the sequence and ensuring that irrelevant questions are skipped, thus reducing the potential for error associated with manual skip patterns in paper surveys or interviews.

Which of the Following Is True of Skip Questions