The following survey has bias. (a) Determine the type of bias. (b) Suggest a remedy. A retail store manager wants to conduct a study regarding the shopping habits of his customers. He selects the first 60 customers who enter his store on a Saturday morning. (a) What is the type of bias? Nonresponse bias Sampling bias Response bias (b) What is a possible remedy? Conduct face-to-face or telephone interviews. Use systematic random sampling. Reword the question.
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The type of bias in the survey is sampling bias, as the retail store manager selected the first 60 customers who entered the store on a Saturday morning, which may not be representative of all customers. Show more…
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