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chapter 1 definitions and data
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question 13
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determine whether the following is an example of
a sampling error or a non sampling error.
a psychiatrist surveyed 8000 people to see the
proportion who had seen a psychiatrist at least
once in their lives. unfortunately, there was
confusion amongst the respondents about the
difference between a psychologist and a
psychiatrist and the recorded proportion was higher
than it should have been due to this confusion.
sampling error
non sampling error
hint: problems with sampling

Explanation:

Sampling error is due to the sample not representing the population, while non - sampling error comes from issues like data collection, response confusion, etc. Here, the error is because respondents confused psychologist and psychiatrist (a data collection/response issue), not a sampling - related issue. So it's a non - sampling error.

Answer:

Non Sampling Error