Martha administered a survey about child abuse to 2000 anonymous new parents and found no reports of a parent exhibiting this type of behaviour.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) participant bias
C) sampling bias
D) experimental bias

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Participant bias is most likely the cause of the erroneous results in Martha's study. This occurs when participants alter their behavior in response to being observed or having knowledge of the study's purpose, leading them to provide socially desirable responses rather than truthful ones, especially on sensitive topics like child abuse.

Martha Administered a Survey About Child Abuse to 2000 Anonymous