Question

The campus safety committee has asked Professor Ibrahim to study bicycling on his campus. He trains two observers and has them observe the number of cyclists and their safety at various points around campus. He selects ten observation locations at random from the places bicycles can be ridden on campus and five one-hour spans of time at random from the daylight hours for each place. He has his observers make observations at each of the ten places for each of the five time spans. What type of sampling is he using?

Answer 1

Answer:

Socially desirable responding

Explanation:

Socially desirable responding: Also referred to as SDR.

This is defined as the propensity to transfer positive self-descriptions. The position of socially desirable responding rests on the demonstration of the fundamental psychological construct. In the development of SDR measures, various operationalization has been used by the researchers.

In research methodology, SDR is a type of response bias which states that the propensity of survey participants to answer questions in a favorable manner to be seen by others.

It may demonstrate under-reporting the bad behavior whereas, over-reporting the good behavior.