Identify the sampling techniques used, and discuss potential sources of bias (if
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Question
Identify the sampling techniques used, and discuss potential sources of bias (if any) Explain. Assume the population of interest is the student body at a university. Questioning students as they leave a university a researcher asks 350 students about their eating habits. What type of sampling is used? A Simple random sampling is used, because students are chosen at random. B. Cluster sampling is used, because students are divided into groups, groups are chosen at random, and every student in one of those groups is sampled. C. Systematic sampling is used, because students are selected from a list, with a fixed interval between students on the list. D. Convenience sampling is used, because students are chosen due to convenience of location. E. sampling is used, because students are divided into groups, and students are chosen at random from these groups. What potential sources of bias are present, if any? Select all that apply. A. University students may not be representative of all people in their age group. B. Because of the personal nature of the question, students may not answer honestly. C. The sample only consists of members of the population that are easy to get. These members may not be representative of the population. D. There are not potential sources of bias.Explanation / Answer
1) Researcher ask the questions to 350 students from university aboout there eating habits. Here selection of 350 students from entire university and surveying is the process of conding experimental design is " Simple Random sampling"
Option:A
2) When researcher asks the questions to 350 students, representing the answers from students may not be un-biased because of its depends on the student openion they may give occurate or misleasing information to the researcher.
Option: B