Today,the Most Likely Cause of Sampling Bias in Polls Is

question 34

Multiple Choice

Today,the most likely cause of sampling bias in polls is ______.

• A) interviewers' reluctance to go into "bad" neighborhoods
• B) the growing number of homeless people who are not sampled
• C) the pollsters' own biases
• D) the overrepresentation of the middle class in modern polls
• E) when a person is picked for the sample and he or she cannot be contacted or refuses to participate

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