Dr Reed Conducted a Quantitative Study Whose Findings Generalized About

question 30

Multiple Choice

Dr. Reed conducted a quantitative study whose findings generalized about journalists across the United States; however, the data upon which she based her conclusions was derived exclusively from an examination of newspaper reporters in Chicago, a problem known as a __________.

• A) cross-sectional bias
• B) random sample
• C) third-person effect
• D) sampling error

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