Dr.Williams conducts a social network study of how parents express grief and receive support online following the death of a child.Dr.Williams is disappointed to find that selection bias strongly influenced the sample,as evidenced by the fact that the sample
A)is mostly affluent white parents in wealthy countries,because this population has disproportionate access to the Internet.
B)includes numerous "fake" participants who did not experience the death of a child.
C)is composed of people in Dr.Williams's own social network,those more likely to reply to his request to participate in the study.
D)offered memories that were more emotionally accurate than historically accurate,due to intense stress.

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C  The sample is biased because it predominantly includes affluent white parents who have more access to the internet, and it also consists of people from Dr. Williams's own social network, which skews the sample towards those more likely to participate.

DrWilliams Conducts a Social Network Study of How Parents Express