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A surveryor wants to know how many shoppers at a mall like to read books. He surveys 100 people coming out of a bookstore at the mall.

Is this sampling method biased?

A. Yes
B. No

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A. Yes

This sampling method is biased because the survey only asks people that are coming out of a bookstore rather than people all over the mall.
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Yes it is biased aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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