Noelle Is Interested in Generating a Random Sample of 100

question 36

Multiple Choice

Noelle is interested in generating a random sample of 100 respondents for her survey on voting from Thomaston, Georgia. Using the phonebook for Thomaston, she writes down the name and phone number of every person and puts the names into a bag. Noelle then draws 100 names from the bag. Has Noelle successfully created a random sample?

• A) No; she needs to account for demographic data to create a random sample.
• B) No; not every person has an equal chance of being selected into her sample.
• C) Yes; every person has an equal chance of being selected into her sample.
• D) Yes; since she did not use demographic data, the sample is truly random.
• E) It is impossible to know from the data provided.

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