Question

Which best describes bias, if any, from the sample surveyed?

survey: voter preference in an upcoming election
sample: randomly selected people at a large rally for one of the candidates

A.
Since the sample is randomly selected, there is unlikely to be any bias.

B.
Since the rally is for one of the candidates, there is likely to be bias in favor of that candidate.

C.
Since the rally is for one of the candidates, there is likely to be bias against that candidate.

D.
Since the rally is large, the sample will be large enough that bias is unlikely.

Answer 1

@Bsho1997

Answer 2

because people would only be at a rally for a candidate if they were supporting him/ her the answer would be B.

Answer 3

can u help me with more @Bsho1997

Answer 4

sure I can.

Answer 5

A candidate for mayor wants to find out how the voters of her city feel about her positions on the issues.

Which surveying technique is most likely to give an unbiased report of the voters' opinions?

A.
Ask visitors to the candidate's website to respond to an online survey.

B.
Survey a random selection of people from the city's voter registration list.

C.
Survey every tenth person from a list of contributors to the candidate's campaign.

D.
Survey every fifth person who passes by the candidate's campaign headquarters.

Answer 6

well first what do you think it would be. remember you want people who dont automatically think that the canidate is the best

Answer 7

(i have to make you think so i dont get banned again)

Answer 8

D.
Survey every fifth person who passes by the candidate's campaign headquarters.

Answer 9

nope. i mean i guess you could argue that it would work but i can tell you that there is a better one

Answer 10

but the reason its not D is because not everyone that passes the HQ could be a voter.

Answer 11

B.
Since the rally is for one of the candidates, there is likely to be bias in favor of that candidate.

Answer 12

haha you coppied and pasted your answer from the first question but yes the answer is B.

Answer 13

ok thanks and how did u know

Answer 14

because everyone on that list is a voter and its unbiased.

Answer 15

because you included the "since the rally" part which is the answer for the first question

Answer 16

yeah i massed up

Answer 17

lol

Answer 18

haha do you need help with anything else?

Answer 19

@Bsho1997 yeah wah about to say that

Answer 20

To determine the average time that people spend exercising, Molly surveyed people at the local gym.

What is the most likely reason for bias in Molly's survey?

A.
The people at the gym are not likely to be representative of the entire population in terms of time spent exercising.

B.
The person with the average exercise time might not be at the gym during Molly's survey.

C.
Surveying people in only one gym is insufficient. She should include more gyms.

D.
People working out at the gym may be too tired to answer the survey carefully.

Answer 21

haha ask away

Answer 22

again take a guess. and a to remove possibilities is think of which answers sound like total BS

Answer 23

i thing B or A

Answer 24

good one of those is correct. keep in mind that with B it doesnt sound all that sound mainly because anyone whos at the Gym would have a longer exercise time then most people

Answer 25

so it is A

Answer 26

correct

Answer 27

thanks

Answer 28

i got a 100% lmao cx

Answer 29

your welcome :) if i may ask what are you working on

Answer 30

@mahnoorkeen2001 ?