Potential Problems with Sampling

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

In a survey, asking "How happy are you with your life?" right after asking "How is your dating life going?" yields lower happiness scores than asking the happiness question first.

What kind of bias is illustrated?

  • A

    Undercoverage

  • B

    Response bias from question order

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  • C

    Nonresponse

  • D

    Voluntary response

Explanation

Earlier questions can prime responses to later ones, creating response bias from order/context effects.

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