In a survey of 500 randomly selected respondents, 360 respondents (72%) said they want the United Nations (U. N.) headquarters to remain in the United States. A TV news show conducted a call-in survey and asked the same question. Of the 186,000 who phoned in their response, 124,620 people (67%) said they want the U. N. out of the United States. The most reasonable statement about these different findings is that

A. the call-in survey results should be believed because of the larger number of people who responded they want the U. N. out of the United States.

B. the large sample size for the call-in survey indicates it is a more representative sample.

C. the findings for the randomly selected sample more likely represent the views of the population.

D. call-in surveys lead to more reliable findings.

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Valentino Osborne

13 March, 19:47

In a survey of 500 randomly selected respondents, 360 respondents (72%) said they want the United Nations (U. N.) headquarters to remain in the United States. A TV news show conducted a call-in survey and asked the same question. Of the 186,000 who phoned in their response, 124,620 people (67%) said they want the U. N. out of the United States. The most reasonable statement about these different findings is that

A. the call-in survey results should be believed because of the larger number of people who responded they want the U. N. out of the United States.

B. the large sample size for the call-in survey indicates it is a more representative sample.

C. the findings for the randomly selected sample more likely represent the views of the population.

D. call-in surveys lead to more reliable findings.

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Arianna · Answer 1

B. the large sample size for the call-in survey indicates it is a more representative sample.

Explanation:

It is necessary when choosing a sample that it is representative to the population so the estimation is precise. A larger sample size provide more accurate data as it provides a smaller margin of error. In this case, the call-in survey is a more representative sample of the population in the US so the data could be considered more accurate.