TABLE 8-10 A University Wanted to Find Out the Percentage of Students

question 174

True/False

TABLE 8-10
A university wanted to find out the percentage of students who felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. A survey of 2,800 students was conducted and the students were asked if they felt comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students. The results were 1,344 answered "yes" and 1,456 answered "no".
-Referring to Table 8-10, a 95% confidence interval for the proportion of the student population who feel comfortable reporting cheating by their fellow students is narrower than a 99% confidence interval.

Recognize nonresponse bias and its effect on survey outcomes.

Distinguish when undercoverage can lead to biased survey results.

Understand how response bias modifies survey feedback.

Evaluate methodologies for data collection and their susceptibility to biases.

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