Question

A researcher asked middle students what things were most important for them to accomplish at school. Many participants focused not on a desire to do well academically but instead on social goals, such as being with and helping classmates and avoiding behaviors that might adversely affect their popularity.

a. response bias.
b .researcher bias.
c. sampling bias.
d. Instrumentation bias.

Answer 1

a. response bias.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Response bias, often referred to as survey bias, is a term in silent psychology in which a person or research is likely to respond to the examination or evaluation of items that are studied or false or false or misleading. There is a tendency to give a response that is socially acceptable rather than real.
• As response bias occurs as a result of individuals responding to survey questions that are not related to their actual characteristics, such as attitudes, beliefs, opinions, or behaviors.
• Therefore, in this case, most of the participants in the research study responding to bias were technically defined as response bias.