Question

12) A high school principal wanted to know how the teachers at her school felt about early dismissal for Homecoming. She put the names of the 114 faculty in a hat and randomly selected 30 of the names. She gave questionnaires to those 30 people asking whether they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: Valuable learning time should not be sacrificed for extracurricular social activities.The questionnaires were filled out anonymously. Her conclusion was that 80% of the faculty were opposed to early dismissal for Homecoming.

A) The wording of the question

B) Confounding variables

C) The setting may discourage honest responses

D) Participation bias

E) Selection bias

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

C) The setting may discourage honest responses

Since the principal has randomly selected 30 teachers out of the possible 114, therefore these teachers are under scrutiny. Hence their selection has put them in a setting that discourages honest replies. Please note that since the questionnaires were filled out anonymously, therefore we can rule out the wording of the question.

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