You Are Conducting a Study on Adult Development and Aging

question 115

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a study on adult development and aging. Your sample is 25 middle-class European Americans. This brings into question whether your sample is

• A) representative of the larger population.
• B) assessed using reliable measures.
• C) biased in their results because they rely on naturalistic observation as opposed to experimental design.
• D) biased in their self-reports.

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