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The BioSS Challenge ‐ A demonstration of sampling bias
Author(s) -
Smart Trevor S
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9639.1999.tb00801.x
Subject(s) - sampling (signal processing) , statistics , computer science , mathematics , sampling bias , econometrics , environmental science , sample size determination , computer vision , filter (signal processing)
Summary A sampling problem is described which was given to the general public to illustrate the problems of bias and the need for randomisation when sampling.