In a survey for her marketing class,Allicia interviewed eighty randomly selected men and asked them their opinions of women with tans.Her initial results showed that the men overwhelmingly believed tans were a health risk.When she conducted the same survey using the same methodology,she discovered that 50 percent of the surveyed population in the second group find women with tans sexy.This is most likely an example of a _____ error.
A) representational
B) random
C) nonprobability
D) frame
E) reliability

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The discrepancy in results between the two surveys is likely due to random error, which can occur by chance when different samples are taken from the same population.

In a Survey for Her Marketing Class,Allicia Interviewed Eighty Randomly