Choose Which of the Following Limitations Are Not Related to Construct

question 17

Multiple Choice

Choose which of the following limitations are not related to construct validity, in a study of home UV treatment of depressive illnesses.

• A)An interventional study has a 60% attrition rate.
• B)The operational definitions are not in line with the conceptual definitions.
• C)The study framework is related to the social costs of depressive illness.
• D)The subjects excluded from participation in a study of depressive illness and UV home treatment were those who had been hospitalized in the past for depression.
• E)The multi-site study examining UV home treatment and depressive illness is conducted only in major west coast urban centers.

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Definitions:

Self-Actualization

The realization or fulfillment of one's talents and potentialities, considered as a drive or need present in everyone.

Surface/Source Traits

describe personality attributes observable in behavior (surface traits) and the underlying reasons for those behaviors (source traits).

Common/Unique Traits

Attributes or characteristics that can be widely shared among individuals or distinctively unique to an individual.

Obvious/Hidden

Pertains to phenomena or characteristics that are readily apparent versus those that are concealed or not immediately noticeable.