Screening questions are used to:
A) increase reliability by screening out respondents with inconsistent answers.
B) shield the true purpose of a question from a respondent.
C) determine whether or not a potential respondent qualifies to take part in a survey based on certain selection criteria the researcher has deemed essential.
D) increase response rates by screening out unlikely respondents.
E) ensure that certain results will be achieved by choosing your respondents.
Answer: C) determine whether or not a potential respondent qualifies to take part in a survey based on certain selection criteria the researcher has deemed essential.