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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Please Help! Medal and Fan. I think it is C or D?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A simple random survey of residents of a state asks, "Should Mr. Jones be re-elected so that he may continue his policies that help the middle class?" Which shows how bias in the survey might have affected the results of the survey? A. The question in the survey is biased by characterizing how Mr. Jones' policies will help the middle class. B. The question in the survey is biased against middle class residents by suggesting that they need help. C. The question in the survey is biased in favor of middle class residents by offering them help from Mr. Jones. D. Using simple random sampling rather than stratified random sampling will result in an unrepresentative sample.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I believe it would be C because they are only bringing up the middle class which shows they are in favor of them, I would see what somebody else thinks too though for sure

OpenStudy (mertsj):

Technically, all of them are the wrong answer. The question is not biased either in favor of or against the middle class and simple random sampling does not result in an unrepresentative sample necessarily. That leave choice A but the question doesn't characterize HOW his policies will help the middle class, it simply implies that they will and therein lies the bias of the question. So chose A as it is closer to being correct than the other choices.

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