In general,the lower the response rate for a survey,the
A) more likely biases exist to distort the findings.
B) less likely biases exist to distort the findings.
C) more confidence one has in generalizing the results.
D) more confidence one has that respondents are telling the truth.

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Lower response rates increase the risk of nonresponse bias and can make it more difficult to generalize findings to the population. This can lead to distorted or inaccurate results if the non-respondents differ systematically from the respondents on important variables. Thus, the lower the response rate, the more biases are likely to exist that could distort the findings.

In General,the Lower the Response Rate for a Survey,the