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Identify the misuse or misrepresentation of statistics:
“60% of all college students watch less than 2 hours of television per day.” This conclusion was reached by a college student after she had questioned 520 randomly selected students exiting the library. What is wrong with her survey?
“60% of all college students watch less than 2 hours of television per day.” This conclusion was reached by a college student after she had questioned 520 randomly selected students exiting the library. What is wrong with her survey?
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PsyDAG
Biased sample. If students spend much of their time in the library, wouldn't that leave less time to watch TV?
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