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A political candidate surveys voters to learn about their opinions on key issues. The politician’s data team notices that most respondents are people who have already voted in the current election. The fairness of the survey could be improved by over-sampling people from which group?1 pointPeople who have not yet voted in the electionPeople who voted against the candidate in the current electionFirst-time voters who already voted in the current electionPeople who voted for the candidate in the current election

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A political candidate surveys voters to learn about their opinions on key issues. The politician’s data team notices that most respondents are people who have already voted in the current election. The fairness of the survey could be improved by over-sampling people from which group?1 pointPeople who have not yet voted in the electionPeople who voted against the candidate in the current electionFirst-time voters who already voted in the current electionPeople who voted for the candidate in the current election

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The fairness of the survey could be improved by over-sampling people who have not yet voted in the election.

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