For each of the following studies, identify the source(s) of sampling bias and describe (i) how it
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(a) Eight hundred volunteers were recruited from nightclubs to enroll in an experiment to evaluate a new treatment for social anxiety.
(b) In a water pollution study, water specimens were collected from a stream on 15 rainy days.
(c) To study the size (radius) distribution of scrub oaks (shrubby oak trees), 20 oak trees were selected by using random latitude/longitude coordinates. If the random coordinate fell within the canopy of a tree, the tree was selected; if not, another random location was generated.
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Statistics For The Life Sciences
ISBN: 9780321989581
5th Edition
Authors: Myra Samuels, Jeffrey Witmer, Andrew Schaffner
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