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mrsjacobs44

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The reason the Literary Digest's 1936 election poll was so inaccurate, was
  that
 
  a. the sample was too small
  b. it contained sampling error
  c. the sample was biased
  d. the wrong statistical tests were employed for extrapolating to the
  population

Question 2

The higher a given point on the ordinate of the normal curve, then
 
  a. the higher the frequency of scores below that point
  b. the lower the frequency of scores below that point
  c. the closer the point is to the abscissa
  d. the higher the resulting raw score



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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

a



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