Chapter 5: Q 37. (page 298)
Are you feeling stressed? (4.1) A Gallup Poll asked whether people experienced stress 鈥渁 lot of the day yesterday.鈥 Forty percent said they did. Gallup鈥檚 report said, 鈥淩esults are based on telephone interviews with national adults,
aged and older, conducted Jan.
(a) Identify the population and the sample.
(b) Explain how undercover could lead to bias in this survey.
Short Answer
Part (a) is a sample of adults from around the country.
Part (b) results in a bias in coverage.