Marvin, a psychologist, conducts a study in which participants are required to answer 50 questions pertaining to their general likes and dislikes. Roger, a boxer, loves watching cartoon movies and responds accordingly in the questionnaire. Marvin assumes that Roger pretends to like such movies and excludes Roger's data from his analysis. This scenario best exemplifies:
A. the third variable problem.
B. inter-rater reliability.
C. discriminant validity.
D. a false negative.
Answer: D
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