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Explain why the pre-election survey failed to correctly predict the winner of the 1936 presidential election.
 
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Groups whose members are singled out for discriminatory treatment on the basis of racial or cultural characteristics are termed:
 
  a. ethnic groups
  b. excluded groups
  c. minority groups
  d. subordinate groups


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Reply #1 on: Jul 1, 2018
Answer to Question 1

The poll taken by a magazine was flawed by sample bias. The results were based on a telephone poll in a time when telephones were more likely in upper-income homes whose members tended to vote Republican at a higher rate than the general population.

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