The instrument most likely to determine the voting preferences of a randomly selected national sample of voters in a presidential election.
A) personal interview
B) telephone interview
C) mailed questionnaire
D) directly administered questionnaire

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A telephone interview would likely be the most efficient and cost-effective way to reach a large and diverse national sample of voters. Personal interviews would be too expensive and time-consuming to conduct on a national scale, while mailed questionnaires may have a lower response rate and may not be representative of the entire population. A directly administered questionnaire may not be feasible for a national sample as it requires in-person contact.

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