Laura is a senior manager at Pine and Acorn Consultancy. Following the semi-annual appraisals, Pine and Acorn’s human resources manager Peter informed Laura that her ratings of her subordinates were grouped at the positive end of the performance scale instead of being spread throughout the scale. Which of the following potential errors in performance appraisals has Laura committed?
1) Forced-choice
2) Leniency
3) Central tendency
4) Alternation bias
5) Recency