Due to a Misunderstanding of His Instructions, a Research Assistant

question 82

Multiple Choice

Due to a misunderstanding of his instructions, a research assistant consistently entered the upper value of an attitude scale as a "6" instead of a "7" when keypunching data for his boss. This is an example of

• A) systematic error.
• B) researcher error.
• C) random error.
• D) scaling error.
• E) marginal error.

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