You Are About to Start a Research Project into the Personality

question 5

Multiple Choice

You are about to start a research project into the personality characteristics of a population of prisoners. Your subjects have all been arrested for fraud. What would the authors of the textbook advise you about the use of self-report tests in this research?

• A) They would suggest that self-report tests are your best choice for this research.
• B) They would recommend that you use several self-report tests so that you could triangulate on your variable.
• C) They would likely recommend against them because you have a population of subjects who are very likely to fake their responses.
• D) They would suggest that, while reliable, these tests are more expensive and complex to administer than others.

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