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Only $30 \%$ of a mailed survey are returned. However, over $90 \%$ of the surveys returned agree with a proposed zoning change.
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The problem is that only $30 \%$ of the mailed surveys are returned. This means that $70 \%$ of the people did not respond to the survey. Show more…
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