Question

Which one of the following statements is false?Bias can be reduced by taking a larger sample.O A statistic is used to estimate a parameter.Response errors cannot be completely eliminated, even if a census is taken.O As the sample size increases, the margin of error decreases.O If several high school students are surveyed about their favorite sport, the individuals would be the students.

Answer 1

Bias can be reduced by taking a larger sample is false because an increase in sample tends to reduce the sampling error but a large sample size cannot correct for the methodological problems (undercover, nonresponse bias, etc.) that produce survey bias.