When Ann Landers Asked Her Readers to Tell Her "If

question 19

Multiple Choice

When Ann Landers asked her readers to tell her "if your sex life has gone downhill after marriage," more than 100,000 people responded. This is an example of

• A) a voluntary response sample.
• B) an experiment.
• C) a simple random sample.
• D) a census.

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