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Significantly, a few researchers have expressed their concern about questionnaire research in dictionary use studies. One problem lies in the reliability of questionnaire reports. Hatherall (1984: 184) is one researcher who raised doubts about questionnaire studies: "Are subjects saying here what they do, or what they think they do, or what they think they ought to do, or indeed a mixture of all three?". Crystal (1986) is of the opinion that dictionary users who complete questionnaires are not able to remember in detail what exactly happens during dictionary consultation. The second problem deals with the language used in questionnaires. According to Lew (2004: 40-41), questionnaires which are prepared in the participants' target language, for example the English language for native speakers of Polish, can often lead to misunderstandings of questions and instructions. Hence, they ought to be prepared in the participants' mother tongue because only in this way can questionnaire respondents fully understand the questions they are being asked in questionnaires and avoid vagueness in the foreign language.
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