Sampling Student Opinion

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The Answer is Three problems with the basketball survey include the wording of the survey,the likely sampling base of the survey,and non-response bias.To begin with the wording of the survey,there could be a subtle bias toward encouraging positive feedback.Specifically the upper endpoints of the scale were typed in CAPITAL LETTERS (and followed by an exclamation point!)whereas the lower endpoints of the scale were typed in lower case letters without an exclamation point.I'm not sure how damaging this is,but it would have been better to use exactly the same type of text and punctuation for both endpoints.On a related note,the fact that potential participants also knew that they could win a prize by entering the survey could be a small problem because it might bias the responses that people give.The survey does not guarantee anonymity,so people may not want their name attached to a survey with negative feedback.

Sampling Student Opinion

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