To determine Identify the type of bias involved in the given study. Explanation The given information is that, a survey was conducted by police officers to find out the opinions on the effectiveness of the police department. The survey was carried out with the members of a community. It was estimated that 90% of the members were satisfied with their performance. Voluntary response bias: This type of bias occurs in a voluntary response sampling where subjects who have knowledge in the survey of interest would tend to respond more quickly than the others. Self-interest bias: This type of bias occurs mainly in big product selling brands, to promote their brand name most companies will pay the scientist to claim that the product owned by their company is superior that the product owned by the other company. Hence, the decision is biased in the favor of the scientist’s company. This is called as self-interest bias. Social acceptability bias: People may not give response for the surveys that tend affect their personal space in the society. For example, a question like “To which political party did you vote for” affects the personal space, the respondent tends to give a false answer or may avoid to give the response. In this case the question can be reframed as “Did you vote in the recent election” and for this question people tend to respond...

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