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A student is trying to find out if people prefer vanilla ice cream or chocolate ice cream. She buys several

containers of regular chocolate ice cream and low fat vanilla ice cream. She hands out small sample of each
flavor to the testing group she has gathered and asks them 5 minutes later which one was their favorite. Of the
100 people she tested, 80 said they prefer the chocolate ice cream.
This situation is an example of
A)
personal bias
B)
experimental bias
C)
cultural bias
D)
a controlled experiment

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Answer:

B. Experimental Bias because she she bought chocolate, but then she bought lowfat vanilla ice cream unknowingly. Therefore, the people liked more of the chocolate ice cream.

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