Which of the following is not an example of a probability sample?
A) Asking listeners to call in and vote in a football radio phone-in poll with either a yes or no response.
B) Selecting every 5th name on a list of 100 participants in alphabetical order in order to randomly sample 20% of the group.
C) A random sample of hospital patients is selected to receive a questionnaire about the helpfulness of volunteers on the children's ward.
D) A random sample of participants by age group (20-24,25-29,30-34,35-39) selected as a ratio of the overall population.
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Q2: In studying the national concept of the
Q3: Sampling error can only be eliminated when
Q4: In the advice column of a national
Q5: To survey the opinions of football fans
Q6: Use of a large number of subjects
Q7: A researcher is asked to contact 125
Q8: Sampling error concerns natural variation between samples,and
Q9: There is no such thing as a
Q10: Another researcher is planning a different survey
Q11: Careful analysis of a sample will indicate
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