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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