Question

A lobbyist for a major airspace firm wants to get the opinion of state legislators on an issue of importance to his industry. The lobbyist contacts 10 state legislators at a restaurant during a lunch break and each one is polled about the issue. This technique produces a random sample.True / False.

Answer 1

That statement is false.

Step-by-step explanation:

In random samples, Sample members are chosen by a random chance. The researchers do not have control over which samples will be chosen for the study.

In the case above the lobbyist contacted the 10 legislators himselves. This means that the lobbyist actively choose the sample and have control on the selection.

If he wants to make this a random sample, he need to write the legislators name in a piece of paper and put them in a jar. After that, he should mix them up and randomly take out 10 papers. All of the names that he takes will be his sample.