Recall the description of the political poll taken by Literary Digest about the Landon vs. Roosevelt election. This is an example of a potential error that can be made when doing survey research involving political polls
What is the lesson that survey researchers learned from this error?
a. Although people may report one opinion, they are likely to behave differently.
b. Surveys are not useful tools for predicting human behavior.
c. It is important to ask mostly hypothetical questions.
d. It is important to use random selection to obtain a representative sample.
Answer: D
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