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you see a woman student standing in front of the student center, now and then stopping other students to ask them questions. she says that she is collecting student opinions for a class assignment. explain why this sampling method is almost certainly biased.



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This sampling method is almost certainly biased because the demographic group is dictated by location of the college. In this case the students are all college bound and have like socio economic backgrounds.

What is meant by sampling method?

Sampling is a process in statistical analysis where researchers take a predetermined number of observations from a larger population. The method of sampling depends on the type of analysis being performed, but it may include simple random sampling or systematic sampling.

A true sampling would be a mixed demographic group. A sampling from several like areas: e.g. infront of the student store, infront of the regular store, infront if a food pantry, infront of ... or even better do a blind survey.

Hence , this sampling method is almost certainly biased because the demographic group is dictated by location of the college. In this case the students are all college bound and have like socio economic backgrounds.

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