In Filling Out a Questionnaire, a Student Responds in a Consistent

question 20

Multiple Choice

In filling out a questionnaire, a student responds in a consistent pattern. The pattern is as follows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.... The student responds in this way due to his/her idiosyncratic behavior rather than due to the items which he/she is responding to. This best illustrates which of the following forms of bias?

• A) participant bias
• B) sampling bias
• C) response bias
• D) personal bias

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