If Emmanuel Is Concerned About Social Desirability Bias Having an Impact

question 54

Multiple Choice

If Emmanuel is concerned about social desirability bias having an impact on his results, he should choose to use which of the following?

• A) a self-report measure for the independent variable
• B) a behavioral measure for the independent variable
• C) a self-report measure for the dependent variable
• D) a behavioral measure for the dependent variable

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Definitions:

Negative Scores

Values that fall below the established point of origin or benchmark in a data set, indicating a deficit or loss.

Inferential Statistics

The branch of statistics that aims to draw conclusions about a population based on a sample.

Variables

Any traits, factors, or quantities that can assume different values in a given study.

Z-scores

Z-scores are statistical measurements that describe a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values, expressed in terms of standard deviations.