A Chemistry Professor Who Teaches a Large Lecture Class Surveys

question 108

Multiple Choice

A chemistry professor who teaches a large lecture class surveys his students who attend his class about how he can make the class more interesting, hoping he can get more students to attend.This survey method suffers from ________________________ .

• A)voluntary response bias
• B)response bias
• C)undercoverage
• D)nonresponse bias
• E)None of the above.

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Definitions:

Multiplicative Inverse

Another term for reciprocal; a number which, when multiplied by the original number, yields the multiplicative identity (1).

Negative Integer

An integer less than zero, represented by a negative sign (-) in front of a positive number.

Distributive Property

A property in mathematics that allows you to multiply a sum by multiplying each addend separately and then adding the products.

Exponential Expression

An expression that involves an exponent, indicating how many times the base is multiplied by itself.