Important Considerations for Survey Items an Inventory First Asked Respondents

question 39

Multiple Choice

Important Considerations for Survey Items An inventory first asked respondents to their apartment's appearance on the
Semantic differential item:
Immaculate __ __ __ __ __ Toxic waste dump
Then, it asked them to rate their roommates on the item:
Responsible __ __ __ __ __ Irresponsible.
If the apartment item affected the response to the roommate
Item, this would illustrate the problem of

• A)context effects.
• B)latent content.
• C)manifest content.
• D)social desirability.

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