Elizabeth Is Interested in Studying How Office Workers Think About

Multiple Choice

Elizabeth is interested in studying how office workers think about and experience the glass ceiling in private-sector businesses. She designs an interview script and conducts standardized interviews because she is fairly certain she knows what to expect based on her background literature review of similar studies. After a few days of interviews, she runs into several participants in the washroom who are discussing their experiences with sexism much more candidly. When she asks why they didn't share this information before, they told her that her questions didn't feel like they captured their particular experiences and they weren't sure they could provide additional info if not asked. With regard to standardized interviews, this scenario tells us ________.

A) why feminist researchers question the effectiveness of standardized interviews to shed light on women's lived experiences
B) that standardized interviews achieve greater consistency when studying the lived experiences of all genders
C) why standardized interviews are better suited for public-sector research
D) that standardized interviews are more efficient for collecting data