A Newspaper Reporter Is Interested in the Outcome of a Local

question 13

Multiple Choice

A newspaper reporter is interested in the outcome of a local election on a controversial issue. She knows that opinions of voters who visit the polls in the morning could be different than those who
Visit later in the day and she does not want a biased sample. Which sampling method is likely to
Result in an unbiased sample?

• A) A systematic sample of every tenth voter throughout the day.
• B) A cluster sample of all the voters who visit the polls between 8:00 am and 9:00 am and between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm.
• C) A large sample of voters that have been stratified by age.
• D) None of these.

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