A researcher uses random-digit dialing to conduct a survey using telephone interviews.Suppose that many people don't answer their phone for the survey because when they check the caller identification,they don't recognize the phone number.This represents the potential problem of
A) interviewer bias.
B) selection bias.
C) response rate bias.
D) nonprobability bias.

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The potential problem described is response rate bias, where a lower response rate could be due to certain individuals being less likely to answer unknown phone numbers. This can bias the results of the survey as the sample may not be representative of the population.

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