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3.1 The necessity to adopt the right

approach for asking questions or obtaining

information

This chapter discusses a variety of

differing approaches in asking questions, eliciting

the responses from the respondents and developing

valid measurement scales. Generally, questions

can often be developed in many various ways but

overall it is always the prerogative for the

researcher to choose the most appropriate way to

frame the questions that aim to address the study

objective(s). The fundamental tenet for developing

a good questionnaire is to create straightforward