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Mathematics, 13.10.2019 19:20, 25linm

Aresearcher selects a random sample of 500 college students from kentucky. it is found that 23% of students in the sample are science majors. the actual percentage of kentucky college students that are science majors is 26%. which type of error explains this discrepancy?

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