sampling bias

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Sampling bias occurs when the composition of your sample in some ways skews your results. For example, if a market researcher goes into a shopping street on a weekday afternoon they will encounter few employed people.

Used on Chap. 10: page 209