A Researcher Asks Students to Record in a Journal the Emotions

question 71

Multiple Choice

A researcher asks students to record in a journal the emotions they experience every hour. She finds that over time, the descriptions become shorter and less detailed. What may be responsible for this change in performance?

• A)Regression toward the mean
• B)Cohort effect
• C)Instrument decay
• D)Selection bias

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