Martha administered a survey about child abuse to 2000 anonymous new parents and found no reports of a parent exhibiting this type of behavior. Knowing the number of incidences of child abuse reported each year, Martha suspected that some type of bias attributed to the erroneous results. Which type of bias most likely affected this study?
A) researcher bias
B) subject bias
C) sampling bias
D) experimental bias

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Subject bias likely affected the study as the sensitive nature of child abuse may lead participants to underreport or not disclose such behavior, even in anonymous surveys.

Martha Administered a Survey About Child Abuse to 2000 Anonymous