Discarding Unsatisfactory Responses from Collected Data May Have Merit in All

question 18

Multiple Choice

Discarding unsatisfactory responses from collected data may have merit in all of the following situations EXCEPT:

• A) when the proportion of unsatisfactory respondents is small.
• B) when the sample size is large.
• C) when the unsatisfactory respondents differ from satisfactory respondents in obvious ways.
• D) when the proportion of unsatisfactory responses for each of these respondents is large.
• E) responses on key variables are missing.

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Definitions:

Social Change

The alteration in societal structures and norms over time, often driven by collective behavior and cultural innovations.

Collective Behavior

Actions taken by a group of people that are spontaneous, unstructured, and not regulated by formal rules, often arising in response to an event or shared emotion.

Western Beauty Standards

Aesthetic norms and ideals, often propagated by media and culture, emphasizing particular body types, facial features, and styles rooted in Western societies.

Gerrymandering

Redrawing the boundary lines of state voting districts in order to advantage one political party over another.