The City Council of a Small Town Needs to Determine

question 1

Multiple Choice

The city council of a small town needs to determine if the townʹs residents will support the building of a newlibrary. The council decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the townʹs residents. Which one of the followingprocedures would be most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the townʹs residents?

• A) Survey a random sample of persons within each neighborhood of the town.
• B) Survey a random sample of librarians who live in the town.
• C) Survey 500 individuals who are randomly selected from a list of all people living in the state in which the town is located.
• D) Survey every 7th person who enters the old library on a given day.

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Definitions:

Qualitative Forecasting

A forecasting method that uses expert opinions and other non-quantifiable information to predict future events.

Expert Opinion

Advice or evaluation from someone recognized as an authority in a specific field, often used as a credible source of information.

Future

An undefined time period that has yet to occur, encompassing all events and possibilities that are to come.

Contingency Planning

The process of preparing strategies to deal with unexpected situations that may disrupt operations or cause harm to the organization.