Obtain a Simple Random Sample

Multiple Choice

Obtain a Simple Random Sample
-The government of a town needs to determine if the city s residents will support the construction of a new town hall. The government decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the city s residents. Which one of the following procedures would be most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the town s residents

A) Survey a random sample of persons within each geographic region of the city.
B) Survey a random sample of employees at the old city hall.
C) Survey every 7th person who walks into city hall on a given day.
D) Survey the first 200 people listed in the town s telephone directory.