An animal rescue center wants to find out if people in its town think more money should be spent on animal welfare. They plan to ask a random sample of their visitors and volunteers to fill in a questionnaire. Why would their sample not be representative of the town’s population?
- AThere might be a high proportion of children in the sample, which will skew the result.
- BThe center’s visitors and volunteers are likely to be supportive of spending on animal welfare.
- CWe do not know how they will ensure that the sample is random.
- DPeople will not want to spend time filling in the questionnaire.