Shortly After the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in December

question 3

Multiple Choice

Shortly after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012, a local television news program asked viewers to call in with their opinion about gun control.These results were likely biased because ________________________ .

• A)of a bad sampling frame
• B)of an undefined target population
• C)leading questions
• D)of a voluntary response sample
• E)of measurement error

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