Newspaper advice columnists print only a fraction of the letters they receive.Analysis of the printed letters is likely limited by the problem of
A)selective deposit.
B)selective survival.
C)spurious relationship.
D)situation sampling.

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Selective survival refers to the fact that only certain letters are chosen by the advice columnist to be printed in the newspaper, which limits the analysis of the printed letters. This means that the advice columnist may only choose to print letters that align with their beliefs or that they find most interesting, which could skew the results of any analysis of the printed letters. While the other choices may also be applicable to some extent, selective survival is the most directly related to the given situation.

Newspaper Advice Columnists Print Only a Fraction of the Letters