The student-run newspaper asks students to visit a web page and respond to questions regarding a proposed tuition increase. Only responses to the questions are recorded. Summary statistics based on the survey responses are used in an article published the following week, and no one outside of the newspaper has access to the individual responses. The newspaper's survey is considered to be
A) anonymous.
B) confidential.
C) both anonymous and confidential.
D) neither anonymous nor confidential.

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The survey is anonymous because the responses are not linked to the students' identities, and it is confidential because the individual responses are not shared with anyone outside of the newspaper.

The Student-Run Newspaper Asks Students to Visit a Web Page