One problem with research data on sex is social desirability bias, which means there is a tendency:

a. for researchers to focus on socially desirable respondents
b. for subjects to give researchers socially desirable responses.
c. to only ask questions about socially desirable behaviors.
d. for subjects to only answer questions asked by interviewers of the same sex.


b

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