A researcher using a forced-choice personality battery finds a strong negative correlation between two traits in the data. Before concluding the traits are psychologically incompatible, what alternative explanation must first be ruled out?
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A
The sample contained too many socially desirable responders who inflated both scales
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B
The ipsative scoring constraint artificially depresses scores on one trait whenever another is elevated
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C
The item stems for the two traits shared overlapping vocabulary, creating method variance
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D
The test was administered under time pressure, causing random responding on later items