One Potential Problem with Surveys and Questionnaires Is That

question 346

Multiple Choice

One potential problem with surveys and questionnaires is that:

• A)people may misrepresent their personal characteristics or lie in their responses.
• B)random selection procedures are not possible with these
• C)for emxps ofectancy data c eollffeeccts usution.allIny incorrecvalitd ate the findings.
• D)these techniques produce illusory correlations rather than true correlations.

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Definitions:

Heuristic

A rule-of-thumb or shortcut that is used to make decisions or solve problems more quickly.

Algorithm

A step-by-step procedure for calculations, data processing, and automated reasoning tasks.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut where people categorize situations or individuals based on how similar they are to typical cases or categories they know.

Prototypes

Original models or first forms from which subsequent forms are derived or developed; in psychology, widely accepted examples of a certain category.