In 1936,pollsters at the Literary Digest Were Guilty of ________

question 49

Multiple Choice

In 1936,pollsters at the Literary Digest were guilty of ________ when they mistakenly predicted
A presidential victory for Alf Landon over Franklin Roosevelt by polling people whose names
Came from the telephone book and automobile registration records.

• A)probability sampling
• B)random dialing
• C)selection bias
• D)push polling

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