Question

Alice is answering a telephone survey about marital satisfaction in the United States. When asked about her own marital satisfaction, she doesn't tell the researcher the truth because she worries that her marriage is worse than many other marriages. Instead she says what she thinks other recipients might say. This behavior is considered _________.
a. a benefit to the survey method
b. a drawback to the survey method.
c. statistically irrelevant, as we take into account that up to half of the sample will give us a socially acceptable answer.
d. unnecessary if participants would just stop lying about their lives.

Answer 1

Answer:

B).  A drawback to the survey method.

Explanation:

A survey method is primarily exemplified as the inductive approach to collect data for a specific research purpose by selecting the individual samples(from the masses) who are anticipated to possess the essential information that would turn beneficial to reach a generalized(according to the surveyors).

As per the given description, Alice's response reflect the drawback or limitations of the survey method to gather data as the people like Alice who are expected to provide the desired information that plays an essential role in determining the conclusion in such a research methodology and when they hide the truth or do not reveal it various reasons it turns into an unauthentic or false judgment or conclusion by the surveyors(being based on specific samples). Thus, option B is the correct answer.

Answer 2

Answer: B

Explanation: When the result of the survey data collected is analysed, it will become incoherent, and researcher may have to take another survey, hence a drawback.