Question

Determine whether the sample may be biased. Explain.

A reporter wants to know if the majority of the people in a city want a new football stadium to be built using tax funds, so he gets the opinion of 50 random people at a local college baseball game.

A, B, or C?

Answer 1

C because got it right on test

Answer 2

The sample may be biased. The reporter is only getting the opinion of 50 random people at a local college baseball game, which does not represent the opinion of the entire population of the city. Therefore, the results of the survey cannot be used to make a general statement about how all people in the city feel about the new football stadium.

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