Your Professor Is Interested in Doing a Quick Study on Understanding

question 55

Multiple Choice

Your professor is interested in doing a quick study on understanding how watching Netflix with or without one's partner may be associated with relationship satisfaction.The grant your professor received was for $200,and she needs to have the results within 3 months.What type of measurement strategy would you suggest she use?

• A) physiological measures
• B) indirect measures
• C) observational measures
• D) self-report measures

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