A reporter wants to know how people feel about the governor of her state. She decides to ask 100 people their opinions and thinks of several ways to ask the 100 people. For each method, explain the benefits and drawbacks.
1) Go to the capital city and find 100 people interested in politics to respond to the survey.
2) Ask the 100 most politically influential people in the state to respond to the survey.
3) Obtain census data for the state and select 100 people from the list to survey using a random process.
4) Ask 50 registered voters who voted for the governor and 50 registered voters who did not vote for the governor to respond to the survey.
5) Which of the methods for selecting 100 people would best represent the people of the state?
Go to the capital city and find 100 people interested in politics to respond to the survey.
Ask the 100 most politically influential people in the state to respond to the survey.
Obtain census data for the state and select 100 people from the list to survey using a random process.
Ask 50 registered voters who voted for the governor and 50 registered voters who did not vote for the governor
to respond to the survey.
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