A large company wants to find the favorite animal of their employees…..would surveying every fifth woman who uses the copier, be a random, representative sample? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

No, surveying every fifth woman who uses the copier would not be a random, representative sample. This method would introduce bias because it only selects a specific group of individuals (women who use the copier) rather than sampling from the entire population of employees. The sample may not accurately represent the diversity and characteristics of the overall employee population. To obtain a random, representative sample, the company should use a different sampling method such as simple random sampling or stratified random sampling.