Self-selection

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Self-selection

Consequence of a contract that induces only one group to participate.

Self-Selection

A situation in which only one person or group can take advantage of a contract.
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He said: "You've basically got yourself a biased, self-selecting sample here.
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You may argue that this is a self-selecting sample but you have already identified publicly an increased percentage of schools going into special measures or serious weaknesses and the NAHT survey reflects this.'
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Opinion polls do not work as a barometer of views when they rely on respondents returning surveys themselves, which more often than not produces a self-selecting sample who are usually biased in one direction or another.
Poll of businesses was not a representative sample
There are however some drawbacks, including technical incompatibilities; no universal e-mail directory; time delays in completion and return; and low penetration of the population, leading to self-selecting samples. With web surveys there may also be less control over the sample population, with a reliance on the survey being "found" on the website leading to sample bias.
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