Observations of Behaviors or Any Other Events Must Be Objectively

question 174

Multiple Choice

Observations of behaviors or any other events must be objectively testable. Which of the following does not meet this criterion?

• A) dollars spent in a department store
• B) number of students in a school
• C) frequency of reported car accidents
• D) number of caring people in the world

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Definitions:

Impression Management

The process by which individuals attempt to control or influence the perceptions of others about themselves.

Organization

A collection of people working together to achieve a common purpose.

Stereotype

A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing, often leading to prejudgment.

Arithmetic and Statistics

Branches of mathematics; arithmetic deals with the basic operations of numbers, while statistics involves collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting data.