Question

The Hamden board of education wants to know how the community feels about building a new media center for the middle school. They called every tenth person on the registration list of 7,300 voters until they had called a total of 40 voters. Which of the following are true of the sample of 40 voters? Check all that apply.

Answer 1

The true statements about the sample described in the scenario above are:

The sample should be larger to give more reliable information.

The sample size is too small to represent the population.

The sample size is too small and can lead to false inferences.

Explanation:

The sampling technique employed is a systematic random sampling where samples are chosen at every specified interval. Hence, the sample is randomly selected.