A study obtained e-mail addresses and personality self-reports from 599 individuals. The researchers then asked an independent group of students to make judgments about personality based only on the e-mail addresses. The study revealed that
a. there was a positive correlation between raters' assessments and e-mail users' self-reports.
b. there was no agreement between raters and e-mail users in personality assessments.
c. the students reported that they could not make assessments in this way.
d. there is a strong relationship between self-report of personality characteristics and gender.
Answer: a. there was a positive correlation between raters' assessments and e-mail users' self-reports.
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