When a research company pulls a random sample of people from a phone book and that sample does not include people with unlisted numbers or who do not have landline telephone service,we say that the sample contains:
A)sample selection error
B)acquiescence bias
C)social desirability error
D)auspices bias

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This is an example of sample selection error because the sample only includes a certain subset of the population (those with listed landline numbers), which may not be representative of the entire population.

When a Research Company Pulls a Random Sample of People