Max is interested in whether there is community interest in having local musicians perform musicin the park in the evenings during the summer. Max goes to the park for several evenings in a rowand asks people visiting the park whether they would like to hear music in the evening. Out of the200 people he surveys, 58% respond favorably. This scenario is describing what type of samplingbias?

A) Survey bias
B) Voluntary response bias
C) Nonresponse bias
D) Measurement bias

Question

Max is interested in whether there is community interest in having local musicians perform musicin the park in the evenings during the summer. Max goes to the park for several evenings in a rowand asks people visiting the park whether they would like to hear music in the evening. Out of the200 people he surveys, 58% respond favorably. This scenario is describing what type of samplingbias?

A) Survey bias
B) Voluntary response bias
C) Nonresponse bias
D) Measurement bias

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Max's method of surveying people who are already at the park may lead to voluntary response bias, as those present might have a particular interest in park activities, skewing the results.

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