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To explain: If the margin of error includes the fact that few adults do not own telephones.
Answer to Problem 9PT
No.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Margin of error (E) = 3%
It is known that the accounts that the margin of error captures the sampling error. The selection of adults that do not own telephones is a selection bias not a sampling error. While, selection bias is a not a sampling error. Thus, the margin of error does not include the fact that few adults do not own telephones.
Hence, the correct option is (e).
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