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<p>termed <b>sample selection bias</b>, but some classify it as a separate type of bias.A distinction, albeit not universally accepted, of sampling bias is that it undermines the <a href="page.php?w=external_validity">external validity</a> of a test (the ability of its results to be generalized to the entire population), while <a href="page.php?w=selection_bias">selection bias</a> mainly addresses <a href="page.php?w=internal_validity">internal validity</a> for differences or similarities found in the sample at hand. In this sense, errors occurring</p><p>
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