a large retirement community provides many ac...

a large retirement community provides many activities for its residents. the activity director is considering adding a trivia night on tuesday evenings if there is enough interest from the residents. to measure interest in the trivia night, the activity director leaves a printed survey in residents mailboxes, on which the resident can express whether they are interested. of the 68 surveys returned, 55 expressed interest. which of these describes the type of bias in this survey and a likely direction of the bias in estimating overall community support for the trivia night? this is nonresponse bias. the result overestimates support for trivia night. this is nonresponse bias. the result underestimates support for trivia night. this is undercoverage bias. the result overestimates support for trivia night. this is undercoverage bias. the result underestimates support for trivia night.

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# Brief Explanations: Non - response bias occurs when those who choose to respond (in this case, the 68 who returned the surveys) may have different opinions than those who did not respond. People interested in trivia night are more likely to return the survey. So, the result overestimates the overall community support for trivia night. # Answer: This is nonresponse bias. The result overestimates support for trivia night.