A non-for-profit consumer agency wanted to investigate the economic and humanitarian contribution of this country's pharmaceutical companies by sampling large companies and businesses of all types.It was decided to sample the pharmaceutical companies first.After surveying the pharmaceutical companies,someone at the consumer agency wanted to distribute the data early.What,if any,will be the most noticeable bias in distributing the survey at this point in time?

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The most noticeable bias would be undercoverage of the population because only pharmaceutical companies have been surveyed at this point, and businesses of all other types have not yet been included in the survey. This means the sample does not fully represent the entire population of interest, which includes businesses of all types, not just pharmaceutical companies.

A Non-For-Profit Consumer Agency Wanted to Investigate the Economic and Humanitarian