In July 2012, CNN conducted an online poll asking visitors to its Web site to offer their opinions about the appropriate punishment for a well-known celebrity who had violated the terms of her probation
Like the 1936 Literary Digest straw poll, this poll violated a well-known cardinal rule of survey sampling by allowing for __________.
Fill in the blank with the correct words.
Answer: self-selection
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Why were the first immigration restrictions adopted by the United States?
a. no poor immigrants b. no uneducated immigrants c. no Chinese immigrants— d. no criminals or prostitutes
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