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seat belt use statistics a study in el paso taxes looked at seat belt use by dri

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Question

seat belt use statistics a study in el paso taxes looked at seat belt use by drivers. drivers were observed at randomly chosen convince stores. after they left their cars, they were invited to answer questions that included questions about seat belt use. in all,75% said they always used seat belts, yey only 61.5% were wearing seat belts when they pulled into the store parking lots explain the reason for the bias observed in response to the survey do you expect bias in the same direction in most surveys about seat belt use?

Explanation / Answer

Most people would like to protect their reputation even if you say that the data are confidential.

Here, just in case authorities will know, some answered they always use their seatbelts even when they don't.

Yes, we could have expected this kind of bias.