sometimes researchers struggle to maintain the same wording when asking survey questions in various formats such as by phone, paper, e-mail, and text. this is important because:

Question

A. questions need to be worded in a way that can be understand.

B. wording of the questions need to be appropriate to the form of communication.

C. assistants need to be able to translate questions for non- english speaker.

D. varied phrasing of a question may affect the answers.

Answer 1

D is the best answer. Having the same wording for each means of communication (I.e. phone, paper, email) is essential as it reduces the possibility that variability in answers is due to how the question was worded/phrased.

Answer 2

I would go with answer D as the order of words do affect how the meaning is conveyed. Good luck!