A teacher at a community college sent out questionnaires to evaluate how well the administrators
were doing their jobs. All teachers received questionnaires, but only 10% returned them. Most of
the returned questionnaires contained negative comments about the administrators. Explain how
an administrator could dismiss the negative findings of the report.
Choose the correct answer below.
A.
There is measurement bias. The questions could have been worded in such a way that the
respondents responses were influenced.
B.
There is nonresponse bias. The results could be biased because the small percentage who chose
to return the survey might be very different from the majority who did not return the survey.
C.
This was only one survey and people's opinions change over time.
D.
The entire population was surveyed and therefore inferences cannot be drawn.