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Which method generally produces wider confidence intervals?
 
  A) Tukey B) Bonferroni C) ANOVA D) Scheff

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One administrator suggested walking into the break room and testing the people in there. What type of sampling would this be? Explain why this method is biased. Be sure to name the kind(s) of bias you describe and link it to the variable of interest.
 
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Answer to Question 1

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This is a convenience sample. Undercoverage might result. Those in the breakroom might not represent the full range of employee types, experiences, stress levels, or access to the hospital's drug supply. Pharmacy workers, for example, have greater access to drugs, and may have higher proportions of drug use than other workers, causing too high an estimate of the drug problem.



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