While conducting an experiment on alcohol tolerance,Dr.Guff solicits his participants at the door to Skam's (a local drinking and social establishment).When he publishes his findings (that people are extremely tolerant to the effects of alcohol),Dr.Guff's research will likely be criticized because ____.

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Dr. Guff selected his participants from the door of a local drinking and social establishment, which means that his sample is biased. This limits the generalizability of his findings to the broader population.

While Conducting an Experiment on Alcohol Tolerance,Dr