๐Ÿ“Šap statistics review

Underreporting

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examโ€ขWritten by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated August 2025

Definition

Systematic bias in which subjects report values that are consistently lower than the true values, resulting in biased estimates of population parameters.

AP course connection

Topic 3.4: 3.4 Potential Problems with Sampling

Unit 3

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