If we define our population as all households in the city of Chicago,Illinois,and we use the Chicago telephone directory from which to draw our sample units,we would likely have:
A)a survey with sample frame error.
B)a representative survey.
C)a survey containing error.
D)a survey with a poorly defined master list.
E)a census.

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The use of the Chicago telephone directory would exclude households without a landline phone, households with unlisted numbers, and households with disconnected phone numbers. This creates a sample frame error as the sample does not represent the entire population.

If We Define Our Population as All Households in the City