Why were pioneers in the study of personality traits limited in what they could discover?

A. There were not as many sophisticated statistical tests in those days.
B. They had to calculate the factor analyses by hand.
C. Their data set was limited.
D. all of the above


D

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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