Question

A bakery owner wants to keep his bakery open a few more hours every evening. He wants to conduct a survey to determine whether extending the bakery's hours would be what costumers want. Which survey method would likely produce the most representative sample?

Answer 1

Ask every tenth customer over the period of a week.

Explanation:

Required

Select which of the options is true

(a) Every 5th male customer

This method will not produce a correct representative sample because only the male customers are surveyed. The opinion of the female customers will not be represented in the sample

(b) Every customer after 5:00pm

This method will not produce a correct representative sample because only the customers who come to the bakery before 5:00pm will not be represented. The opinion of these customers will not be represented in the sample

(c) Every 10th customer over the week

This method will produce a correct representative sample because the opinions of the customers are taken, irrespective of the gender or the time the customer walks into the bakery.