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Diana and Kinsey are put in charge of choosing a mascot for their basketball team. There are fifteen players on the team, but Diana and Kinsey survey only the five players on the starting lineup about their favorite mascot. Which best describes this error in data collection?\

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The data are inadequate.
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The best description for the error in the data collection is sampling error.

The given data;

  • total number of players in the team = 15
  • number of player survey by Diana and Kinsey = 5

There are five possible sources of error in every data collection, these sources include;

  • sampling error,
  • nonresponse error,
  • coverage error,
  • measurement error, and
  • processing error.

All these sources may affect the accuracy of data collected in any survey.

Sampling error is best-known source of survey error and it refers to the variability that occurs by chance because a sample rather than an entire the population was surveyed.

Diana and Kinsey surveyed only 5 players out the 15 players which gives rise to sampling error.

Thus, the best description for the error in the data collection is sampling error.

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