Undercoverage: A type of bias that occurs when some members of the population are left out of the sampling frame.
How to apply it: Undercoverage means certain groups have no chance of being sampled, leading to a sample that does not represent the full population.
Course: AP Statistics · Unit: Collecting Data
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