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The United States leads the world in privately owned firearms. A social psychologist decides to measure the nation's attitudes toward AR-15 rifles in particular -- a type of semiautomatic rifle that is popular among consumers but often implicated in mass shootings. The social psychologist decides to survey members of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to measure their attitudes towards AR-15s and other firearms. What is a potential problem with their research plans? An ethnography or observational study would provide more accurate results The survey would not be psychological if it only measures attitudes; it also needs to measure behavior (or self-reported behavior) with regards to the AR-15 in particular The sample is probably not representative of the nation as a whole Members of the NRA may not be sufficiently familiar with AR-15s to have formed an attitude



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