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jeatrice · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

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

Question 2

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

stano32 · **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