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pragya sharda

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Biased sampling in groups is the process whereby
 
  a. people tend to choose those they know well to be in a group.
  b. information that is known by many group members tends to enter into the discussion more than informationknown only by a few.
 c. people tend to discuss negative information more than positive information in their discussion about animportant decision.
 d. sharing information in a group can be impeded by the gender composition of the group.

Question 2

All else being equal, theories in social psychology have all of the attributes except that
 
  a. they are efficient and precise
  b. they lead to new hypotheses
  c. they contradict past research findings
  d. they encompass all of the relevant information



Dominic

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

c



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