An Advantage of the Situation-Sampling Method Is That

question 24

Multiple Choice

An advantage of the situation-sampling method is that

• A)it can be used with more than one culture at a time.
• B)it does not require the experimenter to translate any materials.
• C)it controls for cultural differences in response biases.
• D)it allows researchers to see how people in different cultures would respond if they were in the other group's cultural worlds.
• E)it equates the reference group across cultures.

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