The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 18 - Inference in Practice - Chapter 18 Exercises - Page 435: 18.31

Answer

Response or nonresponse bias The direction of bias unknown The margin of error does not allow for this bias.

Work Step by Step

People might not be willing to reveal any information about their sex life or might not tell the truth when answering these questions. We cannot guess the direction of the bias, because there could be people who will exaggerate the actual value, but there could also be people who will underestimate the actual value. The margin of error only includes sampling error and not any other types of bias and thus the margin of error does not allow for this bias.
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