A group of social scientists are studying sexual behaviors….
A group of social scientists are studying sexual behaviors. They conduct group interviews with college students and ask them to discuss some of their experiences. Because the questions are very personal, many of the participants are not honest with their responses. What type of bias is present here?
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A certain researcher wants to know what proportion of all incoming PSU freshmen own a Macintosh computer. The names of all incoming freshmen are available in an Excel document and a random number generator is used to select a subset of 30 names. Those 30 students were contacted and asked if they own a Macintosh computer. In this research study, all incoming freshmen are the _____________________ and the 30 students who were contact are the ____________________. The percent of the 30 students who own a Macintosh is considered to the _________________.
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