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A school conducts a survey about favorite sports.

The coach asks members of the basketball team to
name their favorite sport. Give a reason why the
sampling method may be biased.

User OSdave
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Well since there all in basketball they'll probably favor it since they play the sport themselves.
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Answer:

This survey may be unfair because they are asking the question to a group of kids who are already biased because they all play a specific sport and are most likely going to chooses that sport. Therefore the answers will most likely be basketball because it is the basketball team taking the survey

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