A township supervisor hopes to improve the current recycling program by having residents separate their recycled
materials by type. For example, glass and plastic materials would be placed into separate recycling containers. To
measure community support for a change to the recycling program, the supervisor visits a busy shopping area and
asks randomly selected residents to respond to the following question: "Do you agree that responsible citizens
would separate their recycled items by type of material?” What type of bias could be present in the survey results
and what is a likely direction of the bias in estimating community support for the change to the recycling program?
This is question wording bias. The survey overestimates community support for change to the recycling program.
This is question wording bias. The survey underestimates community support for change to the recycling
program
This is voluntary response bias. The survey overestimates community support for change to the recycling
program
This is voluntary response bias. The survey underestimates community support for change to the recycling
program
