Which of the Following Is NOT a Weakness Associated with Self-Report

question 104

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a weakness associated with self-report inventories?

• A) inconsistent scoring
• B) social desirability bias
• C) response sets
• D) deliberate deception

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Definitions:

Type II Error

The statistical error that occurs when one fails to reject a false null hypothesis, a mistake of not detecting an effect that is there.

Nonparametric Techniques

Statistical methods that do not assume a specific distribution for the data they are analyzing.

Parametric Techniques

Statistical methods based on assumptions about the distribution of the underlying population from which the sample data are drawn.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from statistical analysis, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown parameter with a specified level of confidence.