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In a survey of job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest, because____.A) Some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honestB) Some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonestC) Some people who claimed on the survey to be at least a little dishonest may be very dishonestD) Some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestlyE) Some people who are not job applicants are probably at least a little dishonest

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In a survey of job applicants, two-fifths admitted to being at least a little dishonest. However, the survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest, because____.A) Some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honestB) Some generally honest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be dishonestC) Some people who claimed on the survey to be at least a little dishonest may be very dishonestD) Some people who claimed on the survey to be dishonest may have been answering honestlyE) Some people who are not job applicants are probably at least a little dishonest

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The survey may underestimate the proportion of job applicants who are dishonest because "Some dishonest people taking the survey might have claimed on the survey to be honest". This is option A. The reason is that if a person is dishonest, they might also lie while taking the survey, claiming that they are honest when they are not. This would lead to an underestimation of the actual proportion of dishonest job applicants.

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