Question

question 8 of 10 for a science project, a high school research team conducted a survey of local air temperatures. based on the results of the survey, the team found that the average temperatures were around 10 degrees higher than expected. this result was wrong. the trouble with the survey was that most of the locations were exposed to direct sunlight and located over asphalt or sand, which resulted in higher temperatures than normal. this is a classic example of an error in which phase of inferential statistics? a. probability - based inference b. data organization c. data analysis d. data gathering

Explanation:

The error occurred because the locations for gathering temperature data were not representative (exposed to direct sunlight and over asphalt/sand). This is an issue with how data was collected, which is the data - gathering phase.

Answer:

D. Data gathering