In Attempting to Determine the Average Starting Salary of Your

question 5

Multiple Choice

In attempting to determine the average starting salary of your university's graduates, you conduct a survey of a recent set of graduates given to you from the gift/donation department of your university. What is wrong with this logic?

• A) Predictable-world bias
• B) Selection bias
• C) Over-optimism bias
• D) Confirmation bias

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