In each situation, indicate whether the method of data collection is biased. If it is, briefly...
In each situation, indicate whether the method of data collection is biased. If it is, briefly explain why.
a. Ask the students at the gym on a Tuesday afternoon how many hours a week they work out to estimate the average amount of time students at the university work out.
b. A professor asks her class of first year students if any of them consumed alcohol over the weekend.
Homework Answers
a)here this is biased estimate ; as students working out in gym does not represent the whole population of university students
b)this is biased from response bias as students are supposed to lie about consuming alcohol and most likely supposed to answer in negative,
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