A Researcher Finds That First-Year College Students Have a More

question 102

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that first-year college students have a more positive outlook about their future job prospects compared to seniors who are about to graduate.The researcher infers that outlook decreases steadily with each year, including across the sophomore and junior years of college.This could represent a(n) _____ lie.

• A) sneaky sample
• B) biased scale
• C) interpolation
• D) extrapolation

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