A Researcher Uses Random-Digit Dialing to Conduct a Survey Using

question 25

Multiple Choice

A researcher uses random-digit dialing to conduct a survey using telephone interviews.Suppose that many people don't answer their phone for the survey because when they check the caller identification,they don't recognize the phone number.This represents the potential problem of

• A) interviewer bias.
• B) selection bias.
• C) response rate bias.
• D) nonprobability bias.

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