Betsy wanted to find out if people in her town would purchase lemonade from a lemonade stand set up on the corner of Sycamore and

Question

Street. Out of 2546 families in the town, she found 15 to survey by assigning a number to each family and using a random number generator to choose a number. Out of the families surveyed, 12 families said that they would purchase the lemonade, and 3 families said that they would not.

A friend of hers said that her survey results would not be significant. Why would they not be?
A.
Only 20% of the people surveyed would not purchase from a lemonade stand.

B.
Betsy did not survey enough people in her town.

C.
The survey was only done in one town instead of in multiple towns.

D.
A random number generator could not choose the correct families to participate.

Answer 1

The reason why Betsy's survey results would not be considered significant is:

B. Betsy did not survey enough people in her town.

With only 15 families surveyed out of 2546, the sample size is quite small and may not accurately represent the preferences of the entire population. A larger sample size would provide more reliable and valid results.