In conducting a personal interview, the interviewer is allowed to arbitrarily decide who should be interviewed. Which of the following statements is true?
A) This is a biased sample.
B) This is a voluntary response sample.
C) This is a simple random sample.
D) This is an unbiased sample
E) This is a representative sample.

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The interviewer is choosing who to interview, which could potentially lead to a biased sample because certain individuals may be more likely to be chosen based on the interviewer's personal biases or preferences.

In Conducting a Personal Interview, the Interviewer Is Allowed to Arbitrarily