George Gallup was so confident about his polling methodology that he
A) offered his first-born child if he was incorrect about the winner of the 1936 election.
B) had a money-back guarantee if his results were not closer than those of the Literary Digest.
C) claimed he would retire if he was wrong about election results by more than a 5-point margin.
D) wrote several books about using public opinion polling in politics.
E) offered $10,000 to any pollster who could come closer than him.
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Q31: The 1936 election was predicted correctly by
A)George
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