Bias in Data Collection

A company wants to know the opinion of a rural community on a proposed ballot initiative. Half of the community does not have internet access, so the company sends emails to the 380 members that do have internet access. Of those surveyed, 372 of the community members responded to the survey. Which of the following is the most significant source of bias in the survey?

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Undercoverage

• Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A radio station is discussing a controversial policy enacted by the local police department. They poll listeners by having them call in to the radio station. Which of the following is the most significant source of bias?

• Leading questions on the survey

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Survivorship Bias

• Self-reported response bias

Marianne wanted to know students' opinion on the new schedule at school. She survey's the first 30 students who come into her class.

• Convenience Sampling

• Systematic Random Sampling

• Simple Random Sampling

• Volunteer response

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

I want a representative sample of likely voters. I use a telephone directory to randomly select 200 people. What is the most apparent bias?

• Undercoverage

• Nonresponse

• Response

• Voluntary Response

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

I want to estimate the proportion of all adults in Little Elm who graduated from high school. I select a random sample of addresses and go to those houses. When an adult answers the door, I ask if they had graduated from high school. If a child answers the door, I ask for an adult. If there is none there at the time, I return at another time to complete the survey. What is the most prominent bias?

• Non-response bias

• Response bias

• Voluntary response bias

• Undercoverage

I want to estimate the proportion of people in Little Elm who own cats. I stand outside a local pet store and ask every 4th person whether they own a cat or not. What is the most prominent kind of bias evident?

• Undercoverage

• Response

• Non-Response

• Voluntary Response

“Some cell phone users have developed brain cancer. Should all cell phones come with a warning label explaining the danger of using cell phones?”

What kind of bias is evident in this survey question?

• Undercoverage Bias

• Non-Response Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Many websites like Amazon and Yelp include customer ratings and reviews of products, restaurants, hotels, and so on. What is the predominant bias evident in these ratings and reviews?

• Response Bias

• Non-Response Bias

• Undercoverage Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.6

A store manager wants to estimate the proportion of all the customers of the store who would use store credit card for their purchases. The manager selects a random sample of 1000 customers from their customer loyalty program list and sends them a survey asking if they would be interested in applying for a store credit card. Seventy-eight customer respond to the survey. What kinds of biases are evident in this scenario?

• Non-Response Bias

• Response Bias

• Undercoverage Bias

• Volundary Response Bias

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Source of bias in which people CHOOSE to respond and usually only people with very strong opinions respond

• Response Bias
• Undercoverage
• Convenience Sampling
• Voluntary Response

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6