The Most Important Factor in Constructing an Accurate Poll or Survey

question 252

Multiple Choice

The most important factor in constructing an accurate poll or survey is that

• A) a large number of people must be interviewed in order to avoid skewing the sample with distorted viewpoints.
• B) the survey must be completed several weeks in advance of the election or event that is being measured.
• C) the sample of people interviewed must be representative of the population being measured.
• D) the questions must contain broad generalities so that the person being interviewed will not be influenced.
• E) there must be less than ten questions for each survey so as not to bore the respondent.