Question

Anita conducts a survey to determine if Americans are willing to support the arts by giving money directly to local theater groups. One night she and her assistants interview 500 people who are attending a performance of a musical. To help ensure random selection, they select every other patron for interviewing. They ask: "Are you willing to support the arts by giving money to local theater groups?" 94% answer "yes". Anita reports that a large majority of Americans are willing to support the arts by giving money to local theater groups. The clearest and most significant problem with this inference has to do with

Answer 1

Answer:

- Sampling bias.

Explanation:

Sampling bias is demonstrated as the partiality or bias displayed while selecting the samples(selection of non-random sample with lower sampling probability) for a particular survey or research which eventually affects the conclusion of the .

As per the question, the most significant problem with the given inference would be 'sampling bias' as the samples are not selected on random basis(interviewed people support arts on money basis) which is reflected through the observation that 'a large majority of Americans are willing to support the arts by giving money to local theater groups.' This bias in sampling may affect the validity of the results and lead to a faulty conclusion.