MTH 216 Week 1 Participation Prompt Week 1, Day 5 (Saturday)

In this discussion activity, you and your assigned discussion group talk about your experiences with bias.

Post a 150-word response to one the following discussion prompts by Day 5 in the discussion area:

• How can bias change results in a study? How can bias influence a person who wants to conduct a study? What key things can you look for when conducting a study to eliminate bias?
• Is there more than one way to represent data? How can people create bias using graphs and charts?
• Describe the difference between correlation and causality. What information can you determine from a correlation coefficient?
• Why is it important to know if data has bias? How will that help you in your future career?