Use this information for questions 4 and 5: In order to assess the membership’s

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Use this information for questions 4 and 5: In order to assess the membership’s attitudes about a new Supreme Court decision, a local bar association selects a SRS of 100 lawyers from its membership list. Surveys are delivered to the selected lawyers. 63 of the lawyers return their surveys. 43 of the respondents disagree with the new ruling.

4. Which of the following is of great concern in this situation?

a. Nothing is known about the parameters of the population of interest.

b. Nothing is stated about the methodology of the SRS.

c. There may be a problem with the sampling frame.

d. There may be a problem with non-response bias.

e. None of these is true.

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selection of a SRS of 100 lawyers from its membership list. Surveys are delivered to the selected lawyers. 63 of the lawyers return their surveys. 43 of the respondents

here we see that sample is selected of size 100 but data is obtained only from 63 peoples so here ,there is non response bias a great concern

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