Author Question: One of the difficulties surveying people about rare events is that a. those events are likely to ... (Read 32 times)

wenmo · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

One of the difficulties surveying people about rare events is that

a. those events are likely to involve sensitive issues that people are reluctant to discuss.
b. a small increase in the rate of false positives leads to a very large, inaccurate estimate when generalized to the population.
c. people have very different attitudes about rare events, so accurate responses are to get.
d. people are likely to show high levels of acquiescence about such items.

Question 2

Why is nonresponse a problem in behavioral research?

a. it indicates antagonism toward behavioral research
b. it increases the margin of error
c. it destroys the advantages of probability sampling
d. it makes the sample less economical
e. nonresponse rarely creates problems in behavioral research