A main reason for administering an online self-report inventory is that:
a. it prevents test-takers from looking ahead at questions.
b. the scoring is highly subjective.
c. it allows test-takers to change answers already given.
d. the method is easily understood by children.
ANS: A
PTS: 1
A-HEAD: Assessing Your Personality
REF: 16
FEEDBACK: It has been found that most of us are significantly more likely to reveal sensitive, even potentially embarrassing, information when responding online to self-report inventories than to paper-and-pencil tests given in person by a live test administrator. Understandably, many people feel a greater sense of anonymity and privacy when interacting with a computer and so reveal more personal information.
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