A popular cable TV show decides what will happen in the next episode of the show partially based on audience voting. Fans can log on to the show's Web site or call a toll-free telephone number and vote for their favorite plot twist. The TV show only uses the first 50 votes. This is an example of which of the following sampling techniques?

A. Census
B. Cluster sampling
C. Convenience sampling
D. Stratified random sampling
E. Simple random sampling

Question

A popular cable TV show decides what will happen in the next episode of the show partially based on audience voting. Fans can log on to the show's Web site or call a toll-free telephone number and vote for their favorite plot twist. The TV show only uses the first 50 votes. This is an example of which of the following sampling techniques?

 		A.	Census
 		B.	Cluster sampling
 		C.	Convenience sampling
 		D.	Stratified random sampling
 		E.	Simple random sampling

anonymous · Answer

I havnt read your lesson on this and the difffentions can vary but I would have to say its a census but I could be wrong