Question

Suppose a surveyor wants to conduct a phone survey about a new cleanser. He plans to take a simple random sample.​ However, some people do not want to participate. Do you believe this can affect the ability of the surveyor to obtain accurate polling​ results? If​ so, how?
A.) Yes, it keeps the people who are less informed from introducing bias to your survey.
B.) Yes, it allows you to better target your intended demographic.
C.) Yes, especially if the people who do not want to participatedo not want to participate
have a trait that is not accurately represented by the remaining people in the class.
D.) No, this does not affect your ability to obtain accurate polling results.

Answer 1

Answer:

C.) Yes, especially if the people who do not want to participate  have a trait that is not accurately represented by the remaining people in the class.

Explanation:

Since we cannot generalize or conclude to some accurate predictions, because all the people did not participate in the survey. If we want a good survey results, then we should take the opinion of a majority of a people irrespective of ages, backgrounds, cultures, races, etc in order to get a bias free result.