Behavioral observations indicated that this task elicited examples of coparenting behaviors including cooperation, support, undermining, and negotiating the division of labor.
The final assessment was a skills-based interview where the soft skills specialist asks questions to elicit examples of leadership, teamwork and overcoming obstacles.
Apart from naturally occurring texts, however, other sources of data comprise elicited examples from native speakers (i.e. language consultants), illustrative examples from secondary sources as well as constructed examples and paradigms.
The question "Have you ever planted a palm?" elicited examples of half-conscious planting through eating fruits and throwing the seeds on the ground.
The general interview questions and probes that were used to guide the interview were designed to elicit examples of handovers that didn't go as smoothly as expected, discussion of the benefits and risks, and strategies to deal with the risks.
The rating of parasomnia symptoms at 12 was based on a semi-structured interview eliciting an example of the phenomenon and detailed probing.
A moderator used probes to elicit specific examples (e.g., Can you tell me more about that?).
Planned probes included direct questionning about previously identified common attributions for mental illness in Ethiopia (Alem et al. 1999), namely evil eye, bewitchment, ancestral troubles, spiritual problems and mental ('nervous') problems in the perinatal period, with follow-up questions aiming to elicit specific examples known to the participant.
The survey elicits concrete examples of uptake and use, has a relatively low response burden, is easy to administer, and is cost effective – all of which are necessary for performance measurement tools that need to be administered in ongoing, yearly cycles.
