Question

The upcoming mayoral election. Evening news viewers were invited to phone in their votes, with the results to be announced on the latenight news. Based on the phone calls, the station predicted that Amabo would win the election with 52% of the vote. They were wrong: Amabo lost, getting only 46% of the vote. Do you think the station’s faulty prediction is more likely to be a result of bias or sampling error? Explain.

Answer 1

Answer: Sampling error.

Explanation:

The radio station did not get the actual result for the election because they didnt properly carry out their sampling experiment. This is because the people who called to cast their votes does not represent a greater number of the population who were capable of voting.

The station needed to gather a larger percentage of the voting population for their sample survey in order to get a result that would be closer to the correct value from voting process.

Answer 2

Answer:

sampling error

Explanation:

The radio station did not get the actual result for the election because they didnt properly carry out their sampling experiment. This is because the people who called to cast their votes does not represent a greater number of the population who were capable of voting.

The station needed to gather a larger percentage of the voting population for their sample survey in order to get a result that would be closer to the correct value from voting process.