In the advice column of a national student magazine, final-year undergraduate readers are asked: ‘If you could do it again, would you still go to university?’ Of the more than 1000 responses, 55% said no. What does this show?
A. The survey is meaningless because of voluntary response bias.
B. Nothing can be inferred as nothing is known of the personalities of the respondents.
C. To improve the significance of the study, a random sample of respondents should have been carried out.
D. The survey would be more significant is respondents were called to a focus group.
Answer: A
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