As Sally Is Completing a Survey,she Responds by Circling a 6

question 42

Multiple Choice

As Sally is completing a survey,she responds by circling a 6 (on a 1-7 itemized-rating scale) for all the questions without really paying attention to the questions.Sally has fallen victim to what researchers refer to as

• A)boredom.
• B)attention deficit.
• C)disinterest.
• D)reverse scaling.
• E)response set bias.

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