Which of the following is true of central tendency as a source of bias in performance appraisals?
A) People are comfortable taking a strong stand at either extreme than on the middle of a scale.
B) This bias causes a supervisor to miss important opportunities to praise or correct employees.
C) It is the tendency to assign similar scores to items that are near each other on a questionnaire.
D) Supervisors with this bias rate their employees more favorably than their performance merits.

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Central tendency bias occurs when a supervisor tends to rate all employees as average, avoiding the extremes of the scale. This can lead to missed opportunities for providing specific praise or constructive feedback, as it does not accurately reflect the range of employee performance.

Which of the Following Is True of Central Tendency as a Source