Problem

A student group on a college campus wanted to create a survey about parking availability on campus. The student group randomly selected 300 students to take the survey. One of the questions read, "Many students believe the lack of available parking is a major problem. Do you agree or disagree?" Of the 300 students that took the survey, 285 surveys were returned.

This survey will most likely suffer from which of the following types of bias?
Non-response bias
Selection bias
Response bias
There is no bias in the way this survey is carried out.

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Final Answer: \(\boxed{\text{Response bias}}\).

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Step 1 :The survey was conducted among 300 students, but only 285 surveys were returned. This means that the opinions of the 15 students who did not return the survey are not represented. This could lead to a non-response bias.

Step 2 :Additionally, the question is worded in a way that could potentially influence the students' responses, which could lead to a response bias.

Step 3 :However, since the question only asks for one type of bias, we should consider which bias is more likely.

Step 4 :Given that the non-response rate is relatively small (5%), the bias introduced by the wording of the question might have a larger impact.

Step 5 :Therefore, the survey will most likely suffer from response bias.

Step 6 :Final Answer: \(\boxed{\text{Response bias}}\).

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