Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?
Correct answer: B. sample bias
- A. sample error
- B. sample bias
- C. population error
- D. population bias
- E. None of these
Explanation
Sample bias occurs when the procedure for selecting participants makes the sample systematically unrepresentative of the population. Sampling error is the random difference between a sample and its population, not necessarily a procedural distortion.
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