An example of curbstoning is:
A)when the respondents improperly fill out the questionnaire.
B)when the interviewer fills out the instrument without interviewing the respondent.
C)when the interviewer contacts respondents by phone and then records their observations.
D)when the interviewer interviews respondents and records their observations.
E)when the respondents are unreachable.

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Curbstoning occurs when an interviewer fills out the questionnaire without actually interviewing the respondent. In this case, the interviewer is misrepresenting the data and the responses are not coming directly from the respondent. Option A refers to respondent error, Option C refers to phone surveying, Option D refers to proper surveying, and Option E refers to a different issue of respondent inaccessibility.

An Example of Curbstoning Is