The parks commission of a city wants to survey citizens to determine their attitudes toward spending money to upgrade the city's parks.
Which survey method is least likely to give a biased result?
A.
The commissioners go to a local park and survey people there.
B.
The commissioners go to neighborhoods where there are parks and survey the residents there.
C.
The commissioners survey a group of citizens whose names are selected randomly by a computer program.
D.
The commissioners go to neighborhoods where there are no parks and survey the residents there.
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@pooja195
OpenStudy (anonymous):
@Vocaloid
OpenStudy (anonymous):
@hybrik
Vocaloid (vocaloid):
the method that uses random selection will give the least biased result
OpenStudy (anonymous):
what?
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OpenStudy (anonymous):
@Haseeb96
Vocaloid (vocaloid):
read each answer choice and look for the one that uses random selection
OpenStudy (anonymous):
ok
OpenStudy (anonymous):
its B
OpenStudy (anonymous):
@Vocaloid
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Vocaloid (vocaloid):
not quite, please read them again carefully
OpenStudy (anonymous):
C
OpenStudy (anonymous):
because i really thought it was B
Vocaloid (vocaloid):
the answer is C
notice the phrase "elected randomly by a computer program"
Vocaloid (vocaloid):
*selected
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