The principal at a school with eight hundred students is considering changes to the lunch menu. She wants to get the opinions of all of the students about their favorite menu items. So she asks the first 5 students who get off the bus in the morning. Which statement does not reflect the situation?

The sample is biased.

The principal collected a representative sample.

The sample size is too small.

The principal used convenience sampling.

Question

The principal at a school with eight hundred students is considering changes to the lunch menu. She wants to get the opinions of all of the students about their favorite menu items. So she asks the first 5 students who get off the bus in the morning. Which statement does not reflect the situation?

 The sample is biased.

 The principal collected a representative sample.

 The sample size is too small.

 The principal used convenience sampling.

anonymous · Answer

nvm its the first 1

tkhunny · Answer

Tough call on the first one.  We don't actually know if the sample is biased, but I would guess the problem statement wants you to believe that it is.