To determine the public's attitude toward TV soap operas, 1,000 people were contacted by telephone between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. The numbers were selected randomly from the phone directories of cities across the nation. The researchers reported that 43 percent of the respondents said that they were avid viewers. From this we may conclude that 43 percent of the public watches TV soap operas.
Criticize the following arguments in light of the material presented in this chapter.