In Order to Determine the Proportion of Voters in a Small

question 96

Multiple Choice

In order to determine the proportion of voters in a small town who favor a candidate for mayor, the campaign staff takes out an ad in the paper asking voters to call in their preference for mayor. 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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Definitions:

Continental Rifts

Regions where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart due to tectonic forces, often leading to the formation of new ocean basins.

Igneous Rocks

Rocks formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava, classified as intrusive or extrusive based on where they solidify.

Melting Occurs

The process by which a solid becomes a liquid due to an increase in temperature and/or a decrease in pressure.

Diverging Plates

Tectonic plates that are moving away from each other, often resulting in the formation of new crust as magma rises to fill the gap, seen at mid-ocean ridges and continental rift zones.