Question

In all, 54 children were assigned to the Montessori school and 115 to other schools at age three. When the children were five, parents of 38 of the Montessori children and 34 of the others could be located and agreed to and subsequently participated in testing. This information reveals a possible source of bias in the comparison of outcomes. Explain why. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.) About % of Montessori parents participated in the study, compared to about % of the other parents. (c) One of the many response variables was score on a test of ability to apply basic mathematics to solve problems. Here are summaries for the children who took this test:

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Answer:

Option C: because the percent of children compared differ too much

Explanation:

Sample Proportion of students from Montessori = students that participated from Montessori /total number of students assigned to Montessori

=30/54= 0.56

Sample proportion of students from other schools = students that participated I'm the study /total number of students assigned to other schools

=25/112

=0.22

We observe that there is a large difference(0.56-0.22) between the two sample proportions hence the bias