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ISBN: 9780321978271

Author: Robert Gould, Colleen N. Ryan

Publisher: PEARSON

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Chapter 7, Problem 15SE

Questionnaire Response (Example 3) A teacher at a community college sent out questionnaires to evaluate how well the administrators were doing their jobs. All teachers received questionnaires, but only 10 % returned them. Most of the returned questionnaires contained negative comments about the administrators. Explain how an administrator could dismiss the negative findings of the report.

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Solution Summary: The author explains how the administrator dismisses the negative findings of the report by stating that the results could be biased because only 10% teachers sent the questionnaires back.

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