Systematic Error Occurs When Aspects of Your Sampling Procedure Act

question 30

True/False

Systematic error occurs when aspects of your sampling procedure act in an inconsistent way to make some sampling elements more likely to be chosen for participation than others.

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Definitions:

Plants

Multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that typically produce their own food through photosynthesis and have cell walls made of cellulose.

Fish

Aquatic, gill-bearing organisms that lack limbs with digits, comprising a large and diverse group of vertebrates inhabiting both fresh and saltwater environments.

Birds

Warm-blooded, feathered vertebrates that lay eggs and have wings, belonging to the class Aves.

Threatened Species

A species in which the population is small enough for it to be at risk of becoming extinct throughout all or part of its range but not so small that it is in imminent danger of extinction. Compare with endangered species.