A telephone poll of an SRS of 1234 adults found that 62% are generally satisfied with their lives. The announced margin of error

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for the poll was 3%. Does the margin of error account for the fact that some adults do not have telephones

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garik1379 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-29T00:44:56+03:00

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No. The margin of error only includes sampling variability.

Step-by-step explanation:

The margin of error would be considered for the sampling error

In the case when some adults does not have telephones so it is called as error selection bias this is not a sampling error

The selection bias, unresponse bias and the response would be the examples of an error but it is not a sampling errors

So there is no margin of error as it only involved the variability in the sampling