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The Gallup Poll interviewed 1022 randomly selected U.S. adults aged 18 and older, March 7-10, 2013. Gallup reports that when asked whether respondents thought that global warming was due primarily to human activities, 57%57 \% of respondents said it was. If you can't tell, then say so-this often happens when we read about a survey.

f) Any potential sources of bias you can detect and any problems you see in generalizing to the population of interest

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Researchers surveyed 10221022 randomly selected adults in the U.S., asking whether they think global warming is mostly caused by humans. About 57%57\% of them answered confirmative.

We are asked to determine the potential sources of bias in this research.

Can you think of anything that could cause a biased result here?

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