The Text Suggests That the Data Support the View That

question 47

Multiple Choice

The text suggests that the data support the view that

• A) personality is more stable over short than long periods of time.
• B) personality is more stable in adulthood than childhood.
• C) there are individual differences in trait stability.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Statistical Accuracy

The degree to which statistical estimates reflect the true value of the parameter being measured.

Alternative Hypothesis

A hypothesis that proposes a relationship between variables, countering the null hypothesis that suggests no such relationship exists.

Statistical Tests

Procedures in statistics used to make inferences or decisions based on data subject to random variation.

Compensatory Equalization

A phenomenon in research where non-treatment groups receive unintended benefits or compensations that minimize the observed differences between treated and non-treated groups.