Which of the Following Is a Potential Problem with Research

question 135

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a potential problem with research examining whether men and women differ in their sexual attitudes, preferences, and behaviors?

• A)Men tend to exaggerate their sexual experiences.
• B)Women tend to downplay or minimize their sexual experiences.
• C)Both men and women tend to distort their responses, but in different directions, to better match their own gender norms and expectations.
• D)All of these answers are correct.

---

Definitions:

Operational Definition

A clear and detailed description of how a research variable is measured or defined within the context of a study.

Hunger

The physical sensation of needing to eat, driven by the body's need for nutritional intake.

Random Sample

A subset of a statistical population in which each member of the subset has an equal probability of being chosen, ensuring the sample's representativeness of the whole population.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed as a number between 0 and 1, where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty.