The psychologist Ann Rule spent a great deal of time with serial killer Ted Bundy after he was captured.She then wrote a best-selling book called The Stranger Beside Me,in which she described Bundy's life,experiences,and motivations.She also wrote about her own reactions to him;for example,"He certainly seemed to have made the most of his considerable assets.He was brilliant.handsome.[and his] treatment of me was the kind of old-world gallantry that he invariably showed toward any woman I ever saw him with,and I found it appealing." Though some say Rule's book is an important part of any posthumous research involving Bundy,case studies often have several drawbacks.What type of bias does the excerpt above suggest about Rule's approach to gathering and interpreting data?
A) She does not seem to be very objective about Bundy.
B) She was more interested in getting published than in learning about Bundy.
C) Because he was already in jail,she was unable to do naturalistic observation.
D) She failed to use formal survey methods in obtaining data.

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The excerpt suggests that Ann Rule may have had an emotional or personal connection to Bundy, leading to a bias in her approach to understanding him as a subject.

The Psychologist Ann Rule Spent a Great Deal of Time