| 1. Discuss one problem with the question posed by the governor’s office (“Do you agree that gay marriage is unacceptable but that civil unions are an appropriate compromise for this divisive issue?”) |
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| 2. What sample size do pollsters generally need to get an accurate poll, with approximately a 3 percent margin of error? |
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| 3. How might a survey design that samples shoppers at a mall or visitors to a particular Web site affect a poll’s validity and create selection bias? |
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