Babbie Ch.9 Question

What type of question depends on the respondents answer to the first question?

For example, "Have you ever smoked marijuana?"

YES

NO

If yes: About how many times have you smoked marijuana?

Once

2 to 5 times

6 to 10 times

11 to 20 times

More than 20 times

A. Matrix

B. Contingency

Answer: Contingency

In this case, you would not want to ask how many times a person has smoked marijuana as your second question, if in their first question they stated that they had never smoked the substance before. This would be an irrelevant question for them to answer.