Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?
A)studying female literacy to see if it is correlated with nondemocratic regimes
B)only studying material that is consistent with your political ideology
C)only using statistical methods to conduct research
D)studying causes for the emergence of democracy by looking only at case studies where democracy emerged
E)studying revolution by looking at case studies of revolution and nonrevolution

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Choosing to study only cases where democracy emerged creates selection bias because it ignores cases where democracy did not emerge, and it may result in an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of the causes of democratic emergence.

Which of the Following Would Be an Example of Selection