A Student Completing a Research Project for a Criminal Justice

question 30

Multiple Choice

A student completing a research project for a criminal justice class obtained a radar gun for determining automobile speeds and recorded the speeds of automobiles passing a fixed location over a period of several hours. The student was unaware that the device needed to be recharged after two hours of use and that the speeds recorded after two hours were not reliable. What type of problem has occurred?

• A) selection bias
• B) nonresponse bias
• C) measurement error

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