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

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Tommy

13 days ago

Option C is the way to go. Measuring only the winners is like baking a cake but only tasting the frosting!

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Marge

17 days ago

I'm going with C. Excluding the majority of the wrestlers from the weight testing is a clear case of sampling bias.

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Markus

1 months ago

Ha! Option C is hilarious. It's like they're only testing the champs - talk about a biased sample!

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Pete

19 days ago

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

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Gail

26 days ago

B) Testing the sharpness of a razor blade while the sample of 500 are from the same model razor

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Lasandra

28 days ago

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

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2 months ago

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

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