Question

An attractive african american woman is conducting random interviews on campus to gather data on students' opinions on the reverse discrimination suit filed by white students at the university of michigan school of law. four out of five of the white respondents and virtually all of the african american respondents favor the court's ruling and supports "bonus points" being given to applicants of color. based on this information, what is probably affecting the data collection process?

Answer 1

Interviewer bias is probably affecting the data collection process; since the interviewer is "attractive" and African American, the students are probably only thinking about her and not other African Americans.