A teacher recommends that surveys to obtain data on drug use be given to high school students when they meet for various school organizations.Which of the following best describes why the nurse would reject this suggestion?
A) This method of data collection would result in classification bias.
B) This method of data collection would result in confounding bias.
C) This method of data collection would result in personal bias.
D) This method of data collection would result in selection bias.

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Any study is subject to bias resulting from selective choice.There may be a difference between students who choose to belong to an organization and students who choose not to join an organization.Selection bias occurs when selection procedures are not representative of the population as a whole.In this instance,the goal is to determine drug use of all students at the school.If only students who join school organizations are selected,those who do not join organizations will not be represented.Classification bias occurs once subjects are enrolled in the study and relates to how information is collected.Confounding bias results from the relationship between the outcome and the study factor and some third factor that was not accounted for.Personal bias deals with personal opinions and attitudes of the researcher which may interfere with the proper selection of the participants.

A Teacher Recommends That Surveys to Obtain Data on Drug