SOLUTION: Robin is interested in identifying the most popular lunch specials in the school cafeteria. She asks a random selection of students: "why dont you like the lunch specials?" What in

Question 1083517: Robin is interested in identifying the most popular lunch specials in the school cafeteria. She asks a random selection of students: "why dont you like the lunch specials?" What influencing factor is present in this survey? Explain pls
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
She is not asking an unbiased question. She is tacitly assuming there is something wrong with the lunch specials in her question. She would be better off by asking: What is your opinion of the lunch specials? Which ones? Those are open ended questions.
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