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tsand2

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Epidemiological researchers who are trying to measure the number of 25-year-olds who are depressed should ideally ask
 
  a. people who are 25 at the time to report on their current symptoms.
  b. people who are 26 at the time to report on symptoms from 1 year ago.
  c. people who are 30 at the time to report on symptoms from 5 years ago.
  d. an equal number from each of the above groups.

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Researchers on a college campus conduct an epidemiological study regarding criminal activity. They interview students about their personal histories of criminal activity, and the students underestimate the amount of criminal activity in which they have participated. This inaccuracy is probably due to
 
  a. retrospective reporting.
  b. social desirability.
  c. either of the above
  d. neither of the above


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AmberC1996

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


tsand2

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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