The Tendency of the Respondents to Give Answers That May

question 71

Multiple Choice

The tendency of the respondents to give answers that may not be accurate but that may be desirable from a social standpoint is called ________.

• A) interviewer bias
• B) social desirability
• C) nonresponse error
• D) response rate
• E) the fundamental attribution error

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Definitions:

American Party

A nickname for the Know-Nothing movement, a prominent United States political group in the 1850s which was anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

The 1854 U.S. legislation that created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, allowing settlers in those territories to decide whether to allow slavery, leading to significant conflict and violence.

Missouri Compromise

A 1820 agreement admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining a balance between slave and free states in the United States.

Popular Sovereignty

The principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.