John is the manager at a fast food restaurant and would like to determine the average number of cars waiting for their order in the drive-through line during his hours of operation. Every day at noontime, he counts the number of cars in the drive-through. Because of the lunchtime traffic, his survey overestimates the actual average throughout the day. This error is due to
A)sampling error.
B)nonsampling error.
C)periodicity.
D)nonprobability error.

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John's error is due to periodicity, as he is only collecting data at a specific time (noontime) when traffic is likely higher, leading to an overestimation of the average number of cars throughout the entire day.

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