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# Overcoming Inability to Answer

*Three hurdles*

**1. Is the respondent informed?**

Do they even have the necessary information?

**2. Can the respondent remember?**

Is the information retrievable?

**3. Can the respondent articulate?**

Can they formulate the answer?

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*Slide 98 of 274 · Chapter 3: Questionnaire · Principles of Survey Research · Dr. Paul Marx*