Sentence examples for interpretation of the respondent from inspiring English sources

(The precise definition of this term was not clear in the questionnaire and was left to the interpretation of the respondent).

This allows the researcher to examine how and where some of his assumptions and views might affect his interpretation of the respondent's words, or how he later writes about the person.

If the question or answer was not clear, the interviewers repeated the question, or repeated their interpretation of the respondent's answer, to ensure that the message was mutually understood.

The grading of performance as good, poor and fair was left to the interpretation of the respondents and was therefore subjective.

However, upon further reflection, the ambiguity of the label and the broad possible interpretations of the respondent, the mixed label could be applied to a range of courses from primarily lecture with a few open-ended questions to mostly interactive with occasional mini-lectures to set up or reflect upon learning activities.

In this way, interpretation on the part of the respondent would be eliminated.

The first shortcoming of CTT is that the interpretation of respondent characteristics depend on the test used.

He wrote, "Under this rule of construction the residual clause should be read to give effect to the terms 'seamen' and 'railroad employees,' and should itself be controlled and defined by reference to the enumerated categories of workers which are recited just before it; the interpretation of the clause pressed by respondent fails to produce these results".

From a qualitative perspective, however, the focus is more on the respondents' interpretation of the questions and what they mean by their answers.

There is also some potential for reporting bias which may have occurred because of the respondents' interpretation of the question or desire to report their emotions in a certain way or simply due to inaccuracies in responses.

One such limitation is the reliance on self-reported exposure data, which is likely to produce unreliable estimates due to recall bias and to the respondents' interpretation of the meaning of 'worked nights'.