A Researcher Is Studying the Attitudes of Liberals and Determines

question 35

Multiple Choice

A researcher is studying the attitudes of liberals and determines that one characteristic of liberals is support for abortion rights. Joe describes himself as a liberal, so the researcher concludes that Joe supports abortion rights. This is an example of ______.

• A) systematic error
• B) ecological fallacy
• C) random error
• D) reliability

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