SOLUTION: Identify the type of bias in the following scenarios
Parents of high-school students were asked: “Do you think that students should be released from school a half
hour early
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Question 1198647: Identify the type of bias in the following scenarios
Parents of high-school students were asked: “Do you think that students should be released from school a half
hour early on Friday, free to run around and get into trouble?
a) sampling bias
b) measurement bias
c) non-response bias
d) response bias
Answer by ikleyn(52868) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Avoid teachers who ask such questions.
Run from them as fast and as far as you can.
Don't get any closer than a cannon shot to them.
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It reminds me immortal question from the great French novel by François Rabelais,
"Gargantua and Pantagruel", written between 1532 and 1564 :
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If you were to travel to Causak, what would you prefer
- to drag a pig on a rope or ride a gosling?
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It can only be taken with laughter.
The answer to this question was " I prefer to drink ".
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