Question

In an effort to gauge national public opinion, a national basketball news website places a poll on its homepage, asking participants whether their favorite sport is football, basketball, baseball, hockey, or soccer. Is this an appropriate sampling method? No. This convenience sample is very biased and is highly unlikely to be representative of national public opinion. Yes. This convenience sample is appropriate for the limited resources of a news website and is likely to be representative of the population. Yes. This simple random sample is ideal and will be representative of the population. No. This systematic sample is very biased and is highly unlikely to be representative of national public opinion.

Answer 1

No. This convenience sample is very biased and is highly unlikely to be representative of national public opinion.

Explanation:

The sampling as per its nature should be classed as convenience sample because of its definition: this method covers part of the population with easy to reach or close to hand.

This involves only those who will access the website and this can not be considered as representative of national public opinion.

Let's see the answer options:

No. This convenience sample is very biased and is highly unlikely to be representative of national public opinion.

• Correct

Yes. This convenience sample is appropriate for the limited resources of a news website and is likely to be representative of the population.

• Incorrect as it is not representative of national public population.

Yes. This simple random sample is ideal and will be representative of the population.

• Incorrect as the method of sampling is not simple random

No. This systematic sample is very biased and is highly unlikely to be representative of national public opinion.

• Incorrect as the method of sampling is not systematic.