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sampling bias

sampling bias Sampling bias is distortion in a study’s findings that comes from the sample, so the effect seen in the study can differ from the effect in the population.

Sampling bias is distortion in a study’s findings that comes from the sample, so the effect seen in the study can differ from the effect in the population. In this source, it is described as decreasing when sample size increases, which helps produce better effect size estimates.