To Determine the Proportion of Students at a University Who

question 29

Multiple Choice

To determine the proportion of students at a university who favor the construction of a parking garage, a student senate member surveys students as they leave the student union. This type of sample is a:

• A) convenience sample.
• B) simple random sample.
• C) multistage random sample.
• D) voluntary response sample.

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