Becky wants to find out what percentage of households have Internet access across the United States. She randomly calls 10 households and finds out that 8 of them have Internet access. She concludes that 80% of households in the United States have Internet access.

Which of the following is the best way for Becky to get a more accurate statistic?

1.use a larger sample of households
2.make sure the 10 households she surveyed were selected randomly

2 seems more right but this questions are confusing

Question

Becky wants to find out what percentage of households have Internet access across the United States. She randomly calls 10 households and finds out that 8 of them have Internet access. She concludes that 80% of households in the United States have Internet access.

Which of the following is the best way for Becky to get a more accurate statistic?

1.use a larger sample of households
2.make sure the 10 households she surveyed were selected randomly

2 seems more right but this questions are confusing

directrix · Answer

I concur with you.
The problem states "She randomly calls 10 households" so I assume that means she selected them randomly. Regardless, what is said by calling ten households doesn't mean much. The sample size is too small. 

On the other hand, she called these people and if she got the numbers out of the phone book, she did not make a random selection. I think whoever wrote this question thinks the correct answer should be #2. This is a poorly written question.

anonymous · Answer

wel id be offended but i didnt write it  thanks

anonymous · Answer

i believee the key ws that the word random was spelled in the problem then the options i hadnt noticed that till now i agree its  use bigger number of ppl