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jeatrice

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If _____ is a large factor in a sample, it means that many people who were contacted to be in the survey chose not to participate.
 
  a. haphazard declining c. underpresentation of groups
  b. overgeneralization d. nonresponder bias

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In inferential statistics the object is usually to generalize from a _________ to a _________.
 
  a. data; variable c. population; sample
  b. sample; population d. constant; variable


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stano32

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

D
The nonresponder bias is present in a sample when many people choose not to participate in a survey even though they were located and contacted. The sample will overrepresent people who wanted to participate.

Answer to Question 2

B


jeatrice

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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