Concept explainers
To identify:the sample for analysis is biased or unbiased and the type of sampling.
Answer to Problem 1GP
The sample of student surveyed from one bus is biased sample of type convenience sample .
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
- Purpose of sampling is to determine how many students at a middle school brings lunch from home.
- The students from one school bus are surveyed.
The sample is convenience sample as all the student surveyed belongs to one bus , might belong to same economic status or neighbourhood and were easily accessible.
Since the sample of student surveyed is convenience sample , the above sample is based sample.
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