Dr Chen Finds in Her Study of People's Charitable Habits

question 44

Multiple Choice

Dr. Chen finds in her study of people's charitable habits that individuals overestimate the amount of money they give to their churches and private schools. Dr. Chen's results may reflect

• A)over-representation bias.
• B)social desirability bias.
• C)poor random sampling.
• D)large sample bias.
• E)volunteer bias.

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Definitions:

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George Herbert Mead

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