A television newscaster invites viewers to email their opinions about whether the U.S. Congress is doing a good job in handling the economy. More than 100,000 people send in an opinion. Identify the type of bias most strongly present in this study. voluntary response bias loaded question bias nonresponse bias response bias sampling bias self-interest bias

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A television newscaster invites viewers to email their opinions about whether the U.S. Congress is doing a good job in handling the economy.  More than 100,000 people send in an opinion.

Identify the type of bias most strongly present in this study.

   

voluntary response bias

   

loaded question bias

   

nonresponse bias

   

response bias

   

sampling bias

   

self-interest bias

 

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