Question 5

The city council for a large city wanted to know what proportion of the residents thought fitness classes should be available to everyone. The research department offered to cooperate in conducting a survey, and a simple random sample of 500 voters was selected from all the registered voters in the city. A survey form was sent by mail to these 500 voters.

Which of the following is true about this study?

A Since the sample is random, it is representative of the population of interest.

or

B Even though the sample is random, it is not representative of the population of interest.