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Bias

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Case study generalization

Generalization: summary

A sample should represent the population which is of interest to the experimenters

In general, larger samples are preferred to smaller ones, but required sample sizes can often be estimated in advance

A sample that is biased represents a population that is biased. This is not the population the experimenter is interested in