Many people were surveyed about whether they would buy tickets to support the new arena football team. The manager of the team worried that many people may have overstated their intentions and would not actually attend the games. The owner was concerned about the potential for what kind of sampling error?
A)nonresponse
B)frame
C)random
D)measurement

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The concern is about measurement error, which occurs when there is a discrepancy between the information desired and the information provided by the measurement process. In this case, the discrepancy would be between people's stated intention to buy tickets and their actual behavior.

Many People Were Surveyed About Whether They Would Buy Tickets