3. A sociologist studying freshmen at a major university carried out a survey, asking (among other questions) how often students went out per week, how many hours they studied per day, and how many hours they slept at night. Students will often overstate the number of hours studied, because they do not want to admit to not studying enough. This type of distortion is called: a. false answer. b. non-response bias. c. undercoverage bias. d. response bias.

3. A sociologist studying freshmen at a major university carried out a survey, asking (among other questions) how often students went out per week, how many hours they studied per day, and how many hours they slept at night. Students will often overstate the number of hours studied, because they do not want to admit to not studying enough. This type of distortion is called: a. false answer. b. non-response bias. c. undercoverage bias. d. response bias.

MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications

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Author:Amos Gilat

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