A random sampling has been taken from a normally distributed American population of respondents with 60% white, 30% black, 10% Hispanic, 50% male, and 50% female. The sample contains the following characteristics: 90% white, 10% black, 0% Hispanic, 50% male, and 50% female. This sampling is likely to contain which of the following sampling errors?

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The sampling contains an oversampling of white respondents compared to the population distribution. The percentage of white respondents in the population is 60%, while in the sample it is 90%. The other characteristics in the sampling (gender and race) are consistent with the population distribution. There is no evidence of oversampling of black or Hispanic respondents or undersampling of male or Hispanic respondents.

A Random Sampling Has Been Taken from a Normally Distributed