Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT true regarding polling?
A) Sampling bias is not generally a problem that plagues pollsters.
B) A sample of 1,000 to 2,000 respondents can be very representative of the entire U.S. population.
C) How the question is worded can lead a person to give significantly different answers.
D) Few differences exist between those who choose to participate in polls and those who do not.
E) A poll that showed Candidate A with 48 percent of the vote and Candidate B with 45 percent of the vote, with a sampling error of 3 percent, means that we can be 95 percent sure that Candidate A is leading.
Correct Answer:
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