For long reference periods,which of the following is FALSE?
A)Telescoping error is relatively small.
B)Recall loss is relatively large.
C)Telescoping error may outweigh recall loss.
D)The two effects counterbalance each other.
E)Recall loss may outweigh telescoping error.

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Telescoping error is a type of recall bias that occurs when respondents report events as having occurred more recently than they actually did. Recall loss is a type of recall bias that occurs when respondents fail to recall events that actually occurred. For long reference periods, telescoping error is more likely to outweigh recall loss, as respondents are more likely to forget events that occurred a long time ago than they are to misremember when they occurred.

For Long Reference Periods,which of the Following Is FALSE