If a Public Opinion Survey Reports Finding That a Particular

question 15

Multiple Choice

If a public opinion survey reports finding that a particular candidate is supported by 60 percent
Of voters and that there is a 95 percent chance that support for this candidate is somewhere
Between 63.1 percent and 56.9 percent,the 3.1 percent variation from 60 percent is called

• A)the selection bias.
• B)the margin of error.
• C)the standard deviation.
• D)the sampling distribution of the mean.

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