Use the Guidelines to Evaluate the Study

question 22

Multiple Choice

Use the guidelines to evaluate the study. From the information given, what is the biggest flaw in the study?
-A high school principal wanted to know how the teachers at her school felt about early dismissal for Homecoming. She put the names of the 114 faculty in a hat and randomly selected 30 of the
Names. She gave questionnaires to those 30 people asking whether they agreed or disagreed with
The following statement: "Valuable learning time should not be sacrificed for extracurricular social
Activities." The questionnaires were filled out anonymously. Her conclusion was that 80% of the
Faculty were opposed to early dismissal for Homecoming.

• A)Participation bias
• B)Selection bias
• C)Confounding variables
• D)The setting may discourage honest responses
• E)The wording of the question

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