Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

Statement I:For open-ended questions, respondents can produce their own answers without any restriction of length.

Statement II:The memory phenomenon of telescoping is not an issue in survey research.

ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct

BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect

CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct

DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct

Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect

Explanation

For open-ended questions respondents can frame their own answers without any restriction of length, so Statement 1 is correct.

Such questions capture rich, unanticipated detail in the respondent's own words.

Statement 2 is false because telescoping is indeed a memory problem in survey research.

Telescoping is the tendency to misremember when past events occurred, shifting them nearer or farther in time.

It distorts recall-based reports of the timing and frequency of events.

Bounded recall techniques help reduce telescoping errors in surveys.

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