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 using the same methodology,she discovered that 50 percent of the surveyed population in the second group find women with tans sexy.This is most likely an example of what type of error?
A) nonprobability
B) representational
C) reliability
D) random

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Random error occurs due to chance variations in the sample, leading to different results in repeated surveys even when the methodology remains the same.

In a Survey for Her Marketing Class,Alicia Interviewed 80 Randomly