Question

if you asked the same question about an upcoming election to many people, you would be conducting a
a. scientific poll
b. straw vote
c. public agenda
d. representative sample
d.

Answer 1

b. A sample is whom you ask, not what you conduct.

Answer 2

A representative sample should fairly accurately mirror the community as a whole. In other words, if 30% of the community is Hispanic, then 30% of those polled should be Hispanic. Asking the same question to "many people" doesn't indicate that they are a representative sample.

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