INTERVIEWERS AND THE SOURCES OF ERRORS IN THE APPLICATION OF OPINION QUESTIONNAIRES
Abstract
This article analyzes the theoretical and practical aspects concerning research based on questionnaires, the errors which arise in the application of questionnaires, as well as the importance of training the interviewers. The first sections approach the particularities of empirical research and the procedural aspects of the activity of interviewers. A special place is held by the psychological and social interactions that are instituted between the interviewer and the questioned person, an interaction regarded from the perspective of the errors and the sources of errors in conducting the interview. Starting from the bibliography studied and the author’s experience as a researcher at institute of public opinion polling, the last part of the article focuses upon the typical skills required in the training of students from the profile faculties for the participation at field research initiated by the economical organizations, institutions or entities.ÂReferences
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