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  2. Response bias - Wikipedia

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    A survey using a Likert style response set. This is one example of a type of survey that can be highly vulnerable to the effects of response bias. Response bias is a general term for a wide range of tendencies for participants to respond inaccurately or falsely to questions.

  3. Participation bias - Wikipedia

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    Participation bias or non-response bias is a phenomenon in which the results of studies, polls, etc. become non-representative because the participants disproportionately possess certain traits which affect the outcome. These traits mean the sample is systematically different from the target population, potentially resulting in biased estimates.

  4. Social-desirability bias - Wikipedia

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    In social science research social-desirability bias is a type of response bias that is the tendency of survey respondents to answer questions in a manner that will be viewed favorably by others. [1] It can take the form of over-reporting "good behavior" or under-reporting "bad" or undesirable behavior.

  5. Total survey error - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 29 January 2024, at 03:00 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Response rate (survey) - Wikipedia

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    A low response rate can give rise to sampling bias if the nonresponse is unequal among the participants regarding exposure and/or outcome. Such bias is known as nonresponse bias. For many years, a survey's response rate was viewed as an important indicator of survey quality.

  7. Self-selection bias - Wikipedia

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    It is closely related to the non-response bias, describing when the group of people responding has different responses than the group of people not responding. Self-selection bias is a major problem in research in sociology, psychology, economics and many other social sciences. [1]

  8. What to watch: College football championship weekend viewing ...

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    Conference championship weekend is upon us. Thanks to the dissolution of the Pac-12, we're down to nine conference championship games this weekend.

  9. Recall bias - Wikipedia

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    Recall bias is of particular concern in retrospective studies that use a case-control design to investigate the etiology of a disease or psychiatric condition. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] For example, in studies of risk factors for breast cancer , women who have had the disease may search their memories more thoroughly than members of the unaffected ...