Dr. Jonas is conducting a survey on high school study habits and advertises for participants through local youth groups and libraries. He finds that most teenagers in his study have good study habits and use a series of organizational methods to stay on track with school work. What is the main overarching difficulty with the conclusions from his study?

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The main issue with this study is that there was no random selection process, meaning that it is possible that the respondents may not represent the broader population of high school students. This could skew the results and make it difficult to draw valid conclusions about the study habits of high school students as a whole.

Dr Jonas Is Conducting a Survey on High School Study