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A researcher wished to gauge public opinion on gun control. He randomly selected 1000 people from amongst all registered voters and asked them the following question: "Do you believe that gun control laws which restrict the ability of Americans to protect their families should be eliminated?". Identify the abuse of statistics.loaded questionself interestnonresponsereported results

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Answer:loaded questionStep-by-step explanation:The question is biased with an opinion that directs the surveyed people to respond by a negative answer.The problematic part is "which restrict the ability of Americans to protect their families".  That's a judgement value and an opinion that prevents the people to give an honest answer to the base question."Do you believe that gun control laws should be eliminated?", would be a more correct version of that biased question.  An even better question would be to identify a specific law in the question.