Design Surveys and Experiments (Section 11-4 extension Alg 2)

Biased Question: A question that elicits responses that do not accurately reflect the opinions or actions of the people surveyed.

Reasons a questions may be biased: The question may encourage a respondent to answer in a certain way. The question may be perceived as too sensitive to answer truthfully. The question may not provide the respondent with enough information to give an accurate opinion.

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Example 4 Based on the theme favorites, write two biased and two unbiased questions based on the theme above. Each biased question should be the correct way to ask the biased question.

Example 5 You have been hired by your principal to find out what students plan on doing after graduation. Your job is to create a survey that you will use to collect information about what high school students plan to do after graduation. Write two biased and two unbiased questions based on the theme above. Each biased question should be the correct way to ask the biased question.

HW #74 Biased and Unbiased Questions Worksheet HW #75 pg 769 – 770 (1- 27 odd)