Question

A public opinion poll was administered to 50 people before the election of president barack obama. polls taken before election night showed 50% of the people polled believed barack obama would be elected president. after the election results, the same people were asked if they believed barack obama would be elected president, and this time 75% of the people said yes. this may be an example of ________ bias.

Answer 1

This may be an example of confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.This would be a prime example as the new evidence in this case is the election of Barack Obama and the sample drastically increased by 25%, which is a huge shift in a sample.

Answer 2

Answer:

This may be an example of confirmation bias. Confirmation bias is the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.This would be a prime example as the new evidence in this case is the election of Barack Obama and the sample drastically increased by 25%, which is a huge shift in a sample.

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