The entertainment committee at Maplecrest Junior High School has narrowed down the theme of the Spring Dance to three choices. T
he ten committee members want to conduct a survey to determine which theme Maplecrest's 2000 students prefer. There will be three choices (Disco Fever, The Crazy Eighties, or Hip Hop Til You Drop) and the committee will go with the theme that gets the most votes. Which of the following survey methods will allow the committee to make a valid conclusion about which theme Maplecrest's student body prefers?
Choose 1 answer:
Choose 1 answer:
(Choice A)
A
Each of the 10 committee members can ask 10 friends to obtain a sample of 100 students.
(Choice B)
B
Assign a number to each student, and use a computer program to generate 100 random numbers between 1 and 2000. Ask those students whose numbers are selected.
To make the survey fair, every student in the school has to have an equal chance to be selected to take the survey. The first scenario would only allow friends of the committee members to be selected, but the second one would give a chance to all students.
