Question

In 1936, the news magazine Literary Digest obtained the opinions of over two million Americans regarding the presidential election. The results suggested that Landon would win in a landslide over Franklin D. Roosevelt. A few weeks later, FDR won in a landslide. The results of the survey were not valid, and this was due to:__________.

Answer 1

unrepresentative sample

Step-by-step explanation:

The results of the survey were not valid, and this was due to an unrepresentative sample. This is a type of sample who's target group has not been given distributed characteristics, meaning that anyone could have taken the survey and therefore is subjected to biased results. In this specific scenario, since all American's were surveyed many individuals may have provided false answers in hopes of screwing the opposition's numbers.