In a public opinion poll of a representative sample of a population, 1,500 people were asked to agree with, disagree with, or express neutrality toward the following statements.
statement a: the government should promote programs that support hiring equality.

result: 80 percent of the respondents agreed.

statement b: the government should promote affirmative action programs.

result: 40 percent of the respondents agreed.

which of the following most likely accounts for the different results?

question 4 options:

1)

the questions were not open-ended.

2)

there were no minorities in the sample.

3)

the sample size was not large enough to be reliable.

4)

the questions contained a difference in wording.