IASSC Exam ICBB Topic 7 Question 77 Discussion

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Question #: 77
Topic #: 7

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From this list select the best example of Bias in Sampling.

ATesting the completeness of cooking a cake but the testers cannot agree on how to measure internal temperature

BTesting the sharpness of a razor blade while the sample of 500 are from the same model razor

CTesting the weight of participants at a wrestling event and only measuring those who finished second or better

DTesting a hand-held GPS models for durability using samples only from Nokia Model P120

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Suggested Answer: A

by Annice at Sep 13, 2024, 04:59 PM

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Lawrence

3 days ago

Option C is definitely the best example of bias in sampling. Measuring only the top wrestlers skews the results towards a specific subset of the population.

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Timothy

12 days ago

Why do you think D is the best example?

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Theron

15 days ago

I disagree, I believe the best example is D.

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Timothy

16 days ago

I think the best example of Bias in Sampling is C.

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