People with a special interest are more likely to respond, so the sample is likely to be biased.
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Voluntary response sample is not generally suitable for statistical study because its results are not likely to be the representative of the entire population under study.Such results could be biased as those who made effort to respond voluntary have strong feelings or opinions whether favorable or unfavorable regarding the subject of consideration.
No they aren't.
voluntary-response bias.
Voluntary response samples are things like mail-out surveys. The participants could choose to participate or not. This causes some forms of bias, because the only participants usually have strong opinions on the subject. People who care less are less likely to respond, leaving them out of the demographic.
True. Suppose you were to ask a group of people for volunteers willing to step forward and describe their experiences in prison. How many ordinary people, with or without experience of prison, would willingly step forward?