A Researcher Who Is Interested in Studying Total Household Income

question 22

Multiple Choice

A researcher who is interested in studying total household income finds data reported as 'head of household income'. She has discovered that the data fail to meet which criterion?

• A) Do the data apply to the time period of interest?
• B) Do the data cover the subject of interest in adequate detail?
• C) Do the data apply to the population of interest?
• D) Do the data appear in the correct units of measurement?

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