In 2014 Scotland Was Considering Independence from England, Going So

question 16

Multiple Choice

In 2014 Scotland was considering independence from England, going so far as to take a referendum vote. One opinion poll taken at the time showed that 51 percent of Scots favored "independence." In another poll taken at that same time, only 34 percent favored being "separate" from England. The primary reason these results differed by so much is that:

• A) samples will usually differ just by chance due to random sampling.
• B) the wording of questions has a big effect on poll results.
• C) more follow-up efforts reduced the nonresponse rate of the second poll.
• D) the sample sizes are different, so the margins of error are different.

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