Question

Which one of the following biases is prevented by an appropriate sampling technique?

a) Volunteer bias

 

b) Interviewer’s bias

 

c) Social desirability bias

 

d) Recall bias​

Answer 1

Answer:

Oversampling to avoid biasOversampling can be used to avoid sampling bias in situations where members of defined groups are underrepresented (undercoverage). This is a method of selecting respondents from some groups so that they make up a larger share of a sample than they actually do the population.

Answer 2

Answer:

c. Social desirability bias

Explanation:

Oversampling to avoid biasOversampling can be used to avoid sampling bias in situations where members of defined groups are underrepresented (undercoverage). This is a method of selecting respondents from some groups so that they make up a larger share of a sample than they actually do the population.