Question

the city council of a small town needs to determine if the towns residents will support the building of a new library. the council decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the towns residents. which one of the following procedures would be most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the towns residents? a. survey every 14th person who enters the old library on a given day. b. survey a random sample of persons within each neighborhood of the town. c. survey 300 individuals who are randomly selected from a list of all people living in the state in which the town is located. d. survey a random sample of librarians who live in the town.

Explanation:

To get a representative sample of the town's residents regarding support for a new library, the sample should be selected randomly from all residents of the town. Option A only samples library - goers and may not represent all residents. Option B samples only from one neighborhood and may not be representative of the whole town. Option D only samples librarians who are a specific subset of the population and not the general residents. Option C randomly selects 300 individuals from all people living in the town, which is most likely to be a representative sample.

Answer:

C. Survey 300 individuals who are randomly selected from a list of all people living in the state in which the town is located.