Sampling and Surveys : Bias Practice

16 out of the 20 people who called into a radio station said that they enjoy the station's morning programming. What type of bias is demonstrated here?

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Undercoverage Bias

Leslie surveyed the 20 youngest students in the elementary school. What type of bias is this?

• Voluntary Response Bias

• Nonresponse Bias

• Undercoverage Bias

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

Source of bias that occurs when an individual chosen for the sample CAN'T be contacted or refuses to cooperate.

• Response Bias
• Undercoverage
• Nonresponse
• Voluntary Response

_________ is a sample in which each individual or object in the entire population has an equal chance of being selected.

• Sample
• Population
• Random Sample
• Quartile

A student wants to know which type of pizza the students at his high school prefer. Which option would give a unbiased, representative sample:

Average

• Asking all the students in the hot lunch line.

• Asking 10 random students from each homeroom.

• Asking every other student who gets off a school bus.

• Asking all the 10th graders.

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

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

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

The process of gathering information/data from EACH member of the population.

• Census
• Interview
• Survey
• Questionnaire

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.7.SP.A.2