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A student completing a research project for a criminal justice class obtained a radar gun for determining automobile speeds and recorded the speeds of automobiles passing a fixed location over a period of several hours. The student was unaware that the device needed to be recharged after two hours of use and that the speeds recorded after two hours were not reliable. What type of problem has occurred?
 
  A) selection bias B) measurement error C) nonresponse bias

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A bag of colored candies contains 20 red, 25 yellow, and 35 orange candies. An experiment consists of randomly choosing one candy from the bag and recording its color. What is the sample space for this experiment?
 
  A) 80 B) 1/4, 5/16, 7/16
  C) 20, 25, 35 D) red, yellow, orange


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C.mcnichol98

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Reply #1 on: Jun 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

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DelorasTo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 24, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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