Low response rates that result when respondents fail to return a completed mail survey are a major factor leading to response rate bias.These low response rates pose a potential problem because
A)segments of the population may be overrepresented or underrepresented in the final sample.
B)a carefully selected convenience sample becomes a probability sample.
C)only surveys with a 100% response rate can be interpreted.
D)the sample size becomes smaller than the researcher intendeD.

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Low response rates can result in certain segments of the population being overrepresented or underrepresented in the final sample, leading to potentially biased results.

Low Response Rates That Result When Respondents Fail to Return