The host of a radio call-in show asks listeners to respond to his question about a political candidate.

What type of sampling does the host's action illustrate?

A.
voluntary response sampling

B.
stratified random sampling

C.
systematic sampling

D.
simple random sampling

Question

The host of a radio call-in show asks listeners to respond to his question about a political candidate.
 
What type of sampling does the host's action illustrate?
 
 A.
voluntary response sampling
 
 B.
stratified random sampling
 
 C.
systematic sampling
 
 D.
simple random sampling

anonymous · Answer

@agent0smith

anonymous · Answer

i would say A? well if you base it to the definition of voluntary response sampling...

kirbykirby · Answer

Yup it's A. 

The other 3 methods are actual probabilistic sampling methods, while A is just convenience sampling.