Question

Hayden, from the blog "Hanging with Hayden," directly sent an email to her reader's age 18 to 21 and asked the survey question, "If you had the chance, would you want to be president?" Of the 1,200 readers to whom she sent an email, 567 responded, and 35% of those who responded said no. What does this show?

Select one:

a. No meaningful conclusion is possible without knowing something more about the characteristics of Hayden's readers.

b. The survey would have been more meaningful if Hayden had picked a random sample of the readers who responded.

c. The survey would have been more meaningful if Hayden had used a control group.

d. This was a legitimate sample, drawn randomly from her readers, and is of adequate size to allow the conclusion that most of Hayden's readers do not want to be the president.

e. The survey is meaningless because of nonresponse bias.

Answer 1

The most accurate choice regarding Hayden's survey's validity is that no meaningful conclusion can be reached without knowing more about the characteristics of her readers. It highlights nonresponse bias and the need for a random representation of the target population for the survey to be reliable.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question relates to the validity and representativeness of a survey conducted by a blogger named Hayden. Given the information provided, Hayden sent an email survey question to a specific age group, readers aged 18 to 21, from her blog mailing list. Out of 1,200 email recipients, 567 responded, and of the respondents, 35% answered 'no' to the question, 'If you had the chance, would you want to be president?'

The sample and method used by Hayden raise questions about nonresponse bias, representativeness, and the reliability of the survey results. Nonresponse bias occurs when the characteristics of non-respondents differ from those who do respond, potentially skewing the outcome. Additionally, without knowing further details about the blog's readers and whether the sample was a random representation of the target population, the survey results might not be generalizable.

Therefore, we could conclude that option a, 'No meaningful conclusion is possible without knowing something more about the characteristics of Hayden's readers,' is the most accurate choice. It addresses the potential issues with the methodology used and acknowledges that further information about the sample and the target population is necessary to evaluate the survey's validity.

Answer 2

e.) The survey is meaningless because of nonresponse bias.

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