Suppose You Want to Conduct a Survey to Determine Who

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Multiple Choice

Suppose you want to conduct a survey to determine who is most likely to win the next presidential election.Which of the following would be considered to be a representative (unbiased) sample?

• A)1,000 likely voters who called in to a local radio talk show.
• B)1,000 likely voters who returned surveys sent to everyone on a Democrat or Republican newsletter mailing list.
• C)1,000 likely voters who replied to an Internet website survey.
• D)None of these would be considered to be representative samples.

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