Blue Ribbon taxis offers shuttle service to the nearest airport. You look up the online reviews for Blue Ribbon taxis and find that there are 17 17 reviews, six of which report that the taxi never showed up. Is this a biased sampling method for obtaining customer opinion on the taxi service

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Daisy Olson

17 November, 11:04

Blue Ribbon taxis offers shuttle service to the nearest airport. You look up the online reviews for Blue Ribbon taxis and find that there are 17 17 reviews, six of which report that the taxi never showed up. Is this a biased sampling method for obtaining customer opinion on the taxi service

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Rachael Weber · Answer 1

Yes, this a biased sampling method.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sampling done is a biased sampling method.

This is because usually people who are upset or dissatisfied with the service are the ones who write online reviews, as there are no other way to release their frustration with the service provided.

The bias is likely to be directed towards the proportion of people who are not satisfied with service.