When Jenn completes the Student Evaluation of Instruction form at the end of the semester she doesn't really think much about it, she just gives her professor all "5's" indicating that he is great. Jenn's method of completing the evaluation survey would seem to be indicative of the response bias referred to as
A) social desirability.
B) selection.
C) response set.
D) confirmation.

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Jenn's method of completing the evaluation by uniformly giving all "5's" without much thought indicates a tendency towards a response set bias. This type of bias occurs when respondents use a pattern in their responses (such as agreeing with all items or rating them similarly) rather than carefully considering each item.

When Jenn Completes the Student Evaluation of Instruction Form at the End