The Campaign Manager for a Candidate for Governor in Arizona

question 87

Essay

The campaign manager for a candidate for governor in Arizona wants to conduct a poll to better understand his candidate's chances for the upcoming election.
A) What is the population of interest?
B) Why may the poll be biased if a simple random sample of voters in the last gubernatorial election (four years prior) is taken?

• A) What is the population of interest?
• B) Why may the poll be biased if a simple random sample of voters in the last gubernatorial election (four years prior) is taken?

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