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Why would an online survey of 2,000 visitors to your college’s Web site be of little use in assessing the neighboring community’s opinion about the location of a new athletic complex?

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Answer: the sample is not representative of the community.

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Online surveys or surveys in general are made to obtain relevant information about a particular issue. If samples are not representative of that issue, they end up having little use.

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