When a 1936 Literary Digest poll found overwhelming support for Alfred Landon's presidential bid over Franklin Delano Roosevelt, they made an erroneous prediction that Landon would defeat FDR. What are the probable sources for error in their poll that helps explain their mistake?
A. Nonresponse rate was high.
B. Sample was not representative of the population.
C. Failed to use probability sampling techniques.
D. All of these
D. All of these
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