Sandi Believes That People Who Eat at McDonald's Are Overweight

question 103

Multiple Choice

Sandi believes that people who eat at McDonald's are overweight, so she decides to do a naturalistic observation of people who eat at McDonald's. What should most concern us about Sandi's observations?

• A) the observer effect
• B) the bystander effect
• C) observer bias
• D) subject bias

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