The First Step in Error Detection Is To

question 33

Multiple Choice

The first step in error detection is to:

• A) reject an error value when it is very large or very small for a particular scaled item on the questionnaire.
• B) determine whether the software used for data entry performs "error edit routines" that identify the wrong type of data.
• C) categorize the number of errors in two or more questions, thus showing the relationship between those two variables.
• D) determine the amount of nonresponse to individual questions.
• E) identify the number of respondents who did not answer various questions on the questionnaire.

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Definitions:

American Participants

A term often used in research studies indicating the individuals taking part in the study are from the United States.

Social Cues

Nonverbal or environmental signals that are interpreted by individuals to guide their social interactions.

Ultimate Attribution Error

Tendency to attribute bad outgroup and good ingroup behaviour internally, and to attribute good outgroup and bad ingroup behaviour externally.

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes, often to divert attention from the real causes.