A total of 300 people participated in a free 12-week weight-loss course at a community health clinic.

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A total of 300 people participated in a free 12-week weight-loss course at a community health clinic. After one year, administrators emailed each of the 300 participants to see how much weight they had lost since the end of the course. Only 56 participants responded to the survey. The mean weight loss for this sample was 13.6 pounds. Describe how nonresponse might lead to bias in this study. Explain the likely direction of the bias.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781319113339

6th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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