Question

Judy is working on her senior thesis to get her BA in sociology. She is interested in finding out what Americans think about the death penalty by use of survey methods. Which of the following sampling designs would Harriet Martineau most likely see as likely to produce meaningful generalizations about Americans, as a group?

Answer 1

The sampling design that would be best for Judy to generalize the population would be the one that involves sending a copy of the survey to every twenty-fifth person in the phone book of three cities and three towns across the country.

Explanation:

• In order to secure an impartial result in any survey done, it is necessary that the respondents hail from different backgrounds and are not picked from the same cluster of people that may possibly have biased opinions towards an issue.
• Having respondents from different places and backgrounds would help the one conducting the survey to have varied and genuine responses.