Possible sources of selection bias-inaccuracy of responses

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Describe the target population, sampling frame, sampling unit, and observation unit. Discuss any possible sources of selection bias or inaccuracy of responses.

A student wants to estimate the percentage of mutual funds whose shares went up in price last week. She selects every tenth fund listing in the Mutual Fund pages of the newspaper and caculates the percentages of those in which the share price increased.

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