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A sociologist surveyed 300 people about their level of anxiety on a scale of 1 to 100. Unfortunately, the person inputting the data into the computer accidentally transposed six of the numbers causing the statistics to have errors.What type of error is this?1. Sampling error 2. Non sampling error

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sampling error

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Answer:

non sampling error

Explanation:

Sampling error in a statistical analysis arising from the unrepresentativeness of the sample taken.

Non Sampling error is a term used in statistics that refers to an error that occurs during data collection, causing the data to differ from the true values.

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