Representativeness Is a Problem When the Researchers Cannot Be Sure

question 131

True/False

Representativeness is a problem when the researchers cannot be sure the consumer population they are studying even understands the questions.

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Definitions:

Adaptive Variation

Differences among individuals in a population that result from genetic changes and environmental factors, enabling better survival and reproduction.

Genetic Polymorphism

The presence in a population of two or more alleles for a given gene locus.

Natural Selection

A fundamental mechanism of evolution where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more than others.

Evolution

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth, driven by natural selection, genetic drift, mutations, and gene flow.