Question

After an interview with the author of a biography written about former President Ronald Reagan on the local KFBK radio station talk show, the host of the talk show suggested that the Watt Avenue Bridge could be renamed the Ronald Reagan Bridge. The host asked listeners to call the station with their opinion on renaming the Bridge. 10,000 listeners called the station, and 95% of those callers wanted to change the name of the bridge to honor Ronald Reagan. The talk show host concluded that the vast majority of Sacramentans would like to see the Watt Avenue Bridge renamed.

Required:
What reasons are there to doubt this conclusion?

Answer 1

The doubt can be caused due to following reasons:

- The show could be scripted and can conclude biased results.

-the targeted audience is not suitable for the survey or poll and might have no knowledge about the subject.

- maybe talk show host has its own beliefs that influence the people to take into polls and surveys.

-Media or the talk show can provide or advertise the facts of their interests that can change the preference of the people.

- source of the data is collected from the people does have the only subscription of a particular show or channels

There are many other factors or reasons that lead to the doubt about the conclusion.