Use the Guidelines to Evaluate the Study

question 108

Multiple Choice

Use the guidelines to evaluate the study. From the information given, what is the biggest flaw in the study?
-A film critic is interested in knowing which is the most popular film of the year amongst Americans. To answer this question, he conducts a telephone poll in the New York metropolitan
Area and asks each person to name their favorite film of the year.

• A)Setting may not encourage honest responses
• B)Wording of the question
• C)Participation bias
• D)Selection bias
• E)Confounding variables

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