Lesson 4.3 Sampling Bias

Q. Decide if the following outcome is random:

A friend asks you to quickly name a professional sports team. Is the sports team named random?

• Yes

• No

Decide if the following outcome is random:

Names are selected out of a hat to decide roommates for a dormitory. Is your roommate for the year random?

• Yes

• No

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Q. Decide if the following outcome is random:

Flip a coin to decide who takes out the trash.

Is who takes out the trash random?

• Yes

• No

Q. A sampling error occurs when someone gives an incorrect response to a sample survey. What is it called when a pattern of incorrect responses occurs?

• Nonresponse

• Undercoverage

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. 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?

• Undercoverage Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. “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

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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

• Undercoverage Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. Source of bias in which some groups of populations are LEFT OUT of the selection process

• Undercoverage Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Q. Source of bias that occurs when you ask people who are EASY to ask

• Convenience Sampling

• Nonresponse Bias

• Response Bias

• Voluntary Response Bias

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3