Use the Guidelines to Evaluate the Study

Multiple Choice

Use the guidelines to evaluate the study. From the information given, what is the biggest flaw in the study?
-A film critic is interested in knowing which is the most popular film of the year amongst Americans. To answer this question, he conducts a telephone poll in the New York metropolitan
Area and asks each person to name their favorite film of the year.

A) Setting may not encourage honest responses
B) Wording of the question
C) Participation bias
D) Selection bias
E) Confounding variables