Question

Which critical thinking issue is most relevant to the following situation:

A research journal reports that there are on average 2.773829473 TVs in homes of Endor college educators as opposed to 2.682390934 TVs in homes of Endor bank tellers.
perceived lack of anonnymity
loaded or leading question
nonresponse bias or missing data
voluntary response bias
assumed accuracy from overly precise numbers
self-interest study

Answer 1

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Answer:

assumed accuracy from overly precise numbers

Explanation:

Except when counting large sums of money or considering definitions, most real-world numbers are not accurate beyond about 6 significant figures. When considering survey or sample results, the accuracy can be considerably less than that, often not even good to 3 significant figures. (Margin of error is usually some number of percentage points greater than 1.)

Expressing the given ratios to 10 significant figures substantially misstates their accuracy. (10^-9 television is less than 1 day's accumulated dust).