Magazine surveys cannot be considered valid research methods because its readers are the only ones who will respond,and the readers may be predisposed to have a special interest in the hypothesis.This is an example of a
A) random sample.
B) sampling error.
C) sampling bias.
D) representative sample.

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Magazine surveys suffer from sampling bias because the respondents are self-selected and may be more likely to have a special interest in the topic being surveyed, leading to a non-representative sample.

Magazine Surveys Cannot Be Considered Valid Research Methods Because Its