Describe One Advantage and One Disadvantage to Using Self-Report Measures

question 7

Essay

Describe one advantage and one disadvantage to using self-report measures in research practice.

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Definitions:

Four-Figure Accuracy

A precision level that indicates numerical values are accurate to within plus or minus one out of ten thousand.

Five-Figure Accuracy

Describes numerical values precise to five digits.

Repeating Decimal

A fraction represented in decimal form where a specific set of digits continues to repeat endlessly.

Percent Equivalent

A value expressing a number as a fraction of 100, used to describe the relative size of a part to a whole.