Raj Has Just Completed His Focus Group Study of Team

Multiple Choice

Raj has just completed his focus group study of team dynamics amongst university athletes and is trying to make sense of the data. His focus groups each included six athletes-a basketball player, a field hockey player, a golfer, a diver, a soccer player, and a gymnast. During the data collection, Raj had difficulty moderating the conversation and found that conversation was minimal even after asking probing questions. In this case, sparking spontaneous, rich group conversation was likely difficult because ________.

A) Raj did not offer the participants a high enough honorarium
B) Raj was not likeable enough as a moderator
C) the recruited participants were too knowledgeable about the research topic
D) the recruited participants did not share enough common characteristics