A barrel contains 1000 balls with 800 of them blue, 150 red, and 50 green. A sample of 100 balls is randomly selected from the barrel with the following results: 40 green, 10 red, and 60 blue. This would be a possible example of which of the following types of errors?

a. sampling error
b. self-selection bias
c. questioning bias
d. instrument construction error

a. sampling error

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a. offers emergency funding to governments that run into trouble meeting debt obligations b. provides loans on very stringent terms, so borrowers prefer seeking financing on the private market c. supports national-level central banks through currency reserves d. is ultimately controlled by its largest contributors, principally the United States

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