Martin is conducting an observation of a student's disruptive behavior in a third grade classroom.During the observation,Martin notes examples of the student's behavior on his record form,even though these were not behaviors that he was targeting or trained to recognize.This is an example of:

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Observer bias is when the observer is influenced by their own beliefs, expectations, or preferences, and ends up recording or interpreting data in a way that confirms those biases. In this scenario, Martin was only supposed to observe and record specific behaviors, but by also noting other behaviors that caught his attention, he may have introduced his own biases into the data collection process.

Martin Is Conducting an Observation of a Student's Disruptive Behavior