Unit 3: Bias Examples

Question 1

Voluntary response bias

Answer 1

Online polls, Instagram story polls

Question 2

Nonresponse bias

Answer 2

Mailed polls, phone call surveys

Question 3

convenience sampling

Answer 3

Asking your friends, nearby classmates

Question 4

undercoverage bias

Answer 4

Surveying only magnet students or CAP students

Question 5

Response bias

Answer 5

Cosplayer asking if people think cosplay is weird. Publicly asking people what their salary is

Question 6

Wording bias

Answer 6

Using misleading questions