In looking over the responses given to the items in question 8,you notice that a respondent checked "strongly agree" to all four items.As a methodologist,which of the following statements BEST describes your ideas about the respondent?
A) The respondent is a scale type 12.
B) The respondent probably fell into a response set.
C) The respondent is probably unsure about his or her feelings toward education.
D) The respondent must strongly agree with all the items.
E) The respondent has a high opinion of education.

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Checking "strongly agree" to all items indicates a response set, where the respondent is simply choosing the same response for all items without thoroughly considering each one. It does not necessarily indicate a specific scale type or a lack of opinion/uncertainty towards education, but rather a response bias.

In Looking Over the Responses Given to the Items in Question