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James is working on a research project where he is examining the scholastic records of previous graduates of his university to see if there is a relationship between one's grade point average (GPA)
 
  and the degree to which one participated in extracurricular events. Unfortunately, while the data for GPA were readily available, information regarding extracurricular participation was not always recorded in a consistent manner. This problem with the use of archival data is known as
 
   a. selective survival.
   b. selective deposit.
   c. selective erosion.
   d. selective accretion.

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In experiment brief 23, why might the samples, who completed the surveys, not be
  representative of the populations in there respective cities?
 
  A) researcher engaged in experimenter bias when selecting phone numbers
  B) researcher failed to call people from a certain part of each city
  C) researcher failed to gather responses from people who have day jobs
  D) researcher interpreted the results in favor of the other candidate


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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

C


stevenposner

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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