In a survey for her marketing class, Alicia interviewed 80 randomly selected men and asked them their opinions of women with tans. Her initial results showed that the men overwhelmingly believed tans were a health risk. When she conducted the same survey again using the same methodology, she discovered that 50 percent of the surveyed population in the second group found women with tans sexy. This is most likely an example of which type of error?

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The discrepancy between the two survey results suggests that the variation is due to chance, which is characteristic of random error. Random error occurs when the sample results vary in an unpredictable manner from one sample to another, leading to inconsistent findings.

In a Survey for Her Marketing Class, Alicia Interviewed 80