At your summer job with a research company, you must get a random sample of people from your town to answer a question about spending habits. Which of the following methods is most likely to be random?

A: You survey customers at the local shopping mall.

B:You survey people chosen randomly from the local phonebook.

C:You survey several of your friends.

D:You survey customers at a popular restaurant.

Question

At your summer job with a research company, you must get a random sample of people from your town to answer a question about spending habits. Which of the following methods is most likely to be random?

A: You survey customers at the local shopping mall.

B:You survey people chosen randomly from the local phonebook.

C:You survey several of your friends.

D:You survey customers at a popular restaurant.

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

i think its A or C

anonymous · Answer

surveying your friends would not be random. The key to the question is it asks which would most likely be random.I would say B. It says randomly in the answer, and it broadens your search of people instead of focusing on one mall or one restaurant in town.

anonymous · Answer

oh my bad A or B i didnt mean C sorry