A magazine called Teen's Delight publishes a survey of its readers called "School Life of a Typical American Teen." A critical flaw in this research is the fact that:
A) the sample surveyed is not necessarily representative of American teens.
B) the survey is valid but is not reliable.
C) a projective test would have produced more accurate results than a survey.
D) an objective test would have produced more accurate results than a survey.

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The critical flaw in this research is that the sample surveyed is not necessarily representative of American teens. This means that the results cannot be generalized to the whole population of American teens, making the survey less reliable and valid.

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