In a survey of 1,001 people, 701 (or 70%) said that they voted in a particular p

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In a survey of 1,001 people, 701 (or 70%) said that they voted in a particular presidential election. The margin of error for this survey was 3 percentage points. However, actual voting records show that only 61% of all eligible voters actually did vote. Does this imply that people lied when they responded in the survey? Explain. Choose the correct answer below. A. Based on the survey, when the margin of error is taken into account, the actual voter results are not unusual. Thus, the survey was conducted properly, and it does not imply that people lied when they responded to the survey. B. Based on the survey, the actual percentage of voters is expected to be between 67% and 73%, which does not include the 61% value based on actual voter results. If the survey was conducted properly, it is unlikely that its results would be so different from the actual results, implying either that respondents intentionally lied to appear favorable to the pollsters or that their memories were inaccurate.

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B option should be the answer.

It might be the case that survey was not conducted properly or people lied to appear favourable as often people dont reveal too much or all the information in any survey.

So, it is unlikely that results would be so different in survey and in actual.

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