Dr. Smith is interested in studying the level of religiosity of adults age 18 and older in Pakistan. She conducted a quantitative study using a survey and asked the question: How often do you go to church? After she left the field and started her data entry, she noticed that more than 80% of the respondents had responded that they did not go to church. It is possible that the wording of Dr. Smith’s question may have caused which of the following?

a. random error
b. systematic error
c. measurement error
d. specificity error


Ans: B

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