2 Points
For a science project, a high school research team conducted a survey of
local air temperatures. Based on the results of the survey, the team found that
the average temperatures were around 10 degrees higher than expected. This
result was wrong. The trouble with the survey was that most of the locations
were exposed to direct sunlight and located over asphalt or sand, which
resulted in higher temperatures than normal. This is a classic example of an
error in which phase of inferential statistics?
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A. Data gathering
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B. Probability-based inference
O
C. Data analysis
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D. Data organization