Social desirability bias

is spent doing particular activities each day. It asks them to remember the day before in 5 minute blocks, in order to measure how much time the children have spent watching screens and doing physical exercise. The dependant variables are the children’s BMI which was used to measure the children’s level of fatness. Age, gender and socioeconomic background of the participants were the control variables. The method was clear and would be easy to follow. However, the independent and dependant variables were difficult to identify based on the information given in the method and most of the data collected relied on self-reporting, limiting its accuracy. This method whilst being cost effective can led various biases including the social desirability bias. This is when participants do not answer questions truthfully so that they may be viewed favourably by the person conducting the research. For instance people may report lower time spent watching television than in reality on the MARCA, as this would be viewed positively. People also make mistakes when remembering things so it is unlikely that self-report measures based on memory will be fully accurate. The use of self -report measures therefore make it difficult to generalise these results to the whole of Australia. 1039 participants had their results analysed in this sample, which is a relatively large sample size, increasing the accuracy of this research. 537 participants were male, so there was a very similar number of…

First, a Child Abuse Potential Inventory is conducted on the parents. This is a 160-item self-report measure involving attitudes and beliefs believed to be predictive of physical child abuse potential. Following that, a 7-point Likert scale was used, reporting on how frequently they use physical punishment on their children, from 1 (not at all) to 7 (often.) Higher total scores represent more severe discipline behavior, which, as compared to some other research methods such as observation, can…

and accuracy of the personality assessment. The Personality will affect the emotions such as feelings and thoughts and it shapes our behaviours. The way we are responding to a personality test can affect the results. Self-presentation. One of the limitations of self-report is self-presentation. As a self, the person likes to show himself in two forms. One is self-aware form and another is unconscious form. Self-aware form is impression management and it includes fake results, telling lies and…

Likert-type or frequency scales use fixed choice response formats and are designed to measure attitudes or opinions (Bowling, 1997). It is an evidence based survey that uses a 5 or 7 point scale that participants can use to express opinions and the intensity of their opinions. Likert scale survey was generated and 60 surveys were placed in the teachers’ mailboxes with a note explaining the purpose of the needs assessment. In order to receive more responses, the survey was anonymous. This allowed…

intellectual growth which is ultimately what we want to accomplish in the classroom” (2011). I plan to thoroughly assess my biases so that I can further assist my students with becoming better readers, writers, and critical thinkers. I was raised in a house hold where my siblings and I were taught to stand up for what we believe in no matter the ridicule we may face as a result of our beliefs. This in turn was the guiding force in my life when it came to dealing with others and now that I am a…

important or related to the war, education, poverty and diseases. All over the world, people consult their television sets, their radio, social media or the internet for the news. The media itself play a vial role within the American society and all over the universe. The media have a widespread exposure…

statements that would not have been labelled as evidence can otherwise become evidence under certain conditions. Note that (3) focuses on the potential principles that can be utilised to make legitimate outcomes in a theory of evidence itself, yet these principles are likely not to be used by scientists. By contrast, (4) states that a theory of evidence should correctly describe the actual uses of evidence and the evidential evaluations of a hypothesis in practice. For example, a theory of…

Over my 26 years of service in the Coast Guard I’ve had the opportunity to serve in many capacities: as a subordinate to service leaders, as a rescuer during search and rescue missions, as a law enforcement officer interdicting the smuggling of illegal narcotics or enforcing federal fisheries regulations and now as a lead engineer responsible for directing others in the maintenance and operation of equipment aboard a 225 feet buoy tender. As rewarding as many of these opportunities have been,…

Testing for technical errors is fairly unemotional, but your summary and conclusions are not. If you do not like an egg, you may search a little harder to find cracks in the shell. This article helps a tester put down his or her prejudices and bias (as much as possible), so that his or her conclusions and summaries are a little fairer. This is partially a motivational piece and partly a lesson in fairness and professionalism. You Have Way Too Much Pride The first obstacle that you (and this…

Maybe we should look beyond that. It is part of our history and was written by men at a time when women did not have equality like there is these days. Women have come so far since then. The Bible is very important to a lot of people and cherished by both men and women. Is it because these women choose to look beyond the bias in order to read and love a book? Most likely, yes! Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Making these changes proves to be ridiculous, somewhat humorous,…