When a person receives a mail questionnaire and places it in the wastebasket,they are contributing to:
A) sampling error
B) response error
C) nonresponse error
D) nonsystematic error
E) nonsampling error

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Nonresponse error occurs when a person chooses not to respond to a survey or questionnaire. In this case, the person who threw the mail questionnaire in the wastebasket did not respond, leading to nonresponse error.

When a Person Receives a Mail Questionnaire and Places It