The Reason the Literary Digest's 1936 Election Poll Was So

question 59

Multiple Choice

The reason the Literary Digest's 1936 election poll was so inaccurate, was that

• A) the sample was too small
• B) it contained sampling error
• C) the sample was biased
• D) the wrong statistical tests were employed for extrapolating to the

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