Question

It was determined that any criminal activities perpetrated by the respondents in a survey would, for obvious reasons, not be included. It was also believed that forgetfulness, embarrassment and/or fear might be problematic. What type of error would this constitute?

Answer 1

The error that the elimination of the mentioned elements from the study would constitute would be that of under-reporting.

Explanation:

• Ignoring certain happenings that are of prime importance only for the sake of complying with certain norms would clearly exhibit the error of under-reporting.
• The occurrences of significance will have to be left out without even taking into consideration their impact on the other events that happen or the ones that cease to happen.
• Such under-reporting is often deemed to be non-beneficial as far as media business is concerned.