A shoe manufacturer that exclusively makes leather shoes finds a study that shows 3 out of 10 people buy nylon shoes. The study was funded by a nylon producing company. What is the problem with this study?

A) missing data

B) self interest

C) correlation and causality

D) voluntary response

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18 August, 03:11

A shoe manufacturer that exclusively makes leather shoes finds a study that shows 3 out of 10 people buy nylon shoes. The study was funded by a nylon producing company. What is the problem with this study?

A) missing data

B) self interest

C) correlation and causality

D) voluntary response

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Damien Campos · Answer 1

The answer is B, self interest, because the company wants people to buy from them due to conformation to community. They might have changed it to promote their sales.

A shoe manufacturer that exclusively makes leather shoes finds a study that shows 3 out of 10 people buy nylon shoes. The study was funded by a nylon producing company. What is the problem with this study?A) missing dataB) self interestC) correlation and causalityD) voluntary response

A shoe manufacturer that exclusively makes leather shoes finds a study that shows 3 out of 10 people buy nylon shoes. The study was funded by a nylon producing company. What is the problem with this study?

A) missing data

B) self interest

C) correlation and causality

D) voluntary response