Advice Columnist Ann Landers Once Asked Her Readers with Children

question 26

Multiple Choice

Advice columnist Ann Landers once asked her readers with children to answer the following question: "If you had it to do over again, would you have children?" Readers were invited to send a response to this question by mail. Of the approximately 10,000 responses Landers received, approximately 70% said "no." The sample:

• A)is probably representative of all parents.
• B)is probably not representative of all parents, because people who feel very strongly about this issue are more likely to respond than people who do not.
• C)has little bias, because more than 10,000 people responded, yielding a very large sample.
• D)is probably not representative, because more than 10,000 people responded.