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The authors of a cross-sectional study hypothesized that lack of regular exercise is associated with obesity in children. Their study of 12 children in Michigan, however, failed to show a statistically significant association between exercise habits and obesity (OR = 1.9, p = 0.11). Is this A) Selection Bias, B) Confounding, C) Information Bias, D) Random Error

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Answer:

A) Selection Bias

Explanation:as it depends on sampling method of data collection

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