A high school wanted to know what percent of its students smoke cigarettes. Counselors selected a random sample of students to take a survey on drug use. One of the questions reads, "If you are under the age of 18 years, do you illegally smoke cigarettes?" The data showed that 5% of students smoked cigarettes. What is the most concerning source of bias in this scenario? Biased wording     Voluntary response     Convenience sampling     Nonresponse bias

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A high school wanted to know what percent of its students smoke cigarettes. Counselors selected a random sample of students to take a survey on drug use. One of the questions reads, "If you are under the age of 18 years, do you illegally smoke cigarettes?"
The data showed that 5% of students smoked cigarettes.
What is the most concerning source of bias in this scenario?

Biased wording

   

Voluntary response

   

Convenience sampling

   

Nonresponse bias

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