Multiple Choice
Pollsters are conducting a survey to predict which candidate is going to win the next mayoral election in a large city.They decide to poll 5 of the 40 subdivisions in the city.How accurate is their poll likely to be?
A) quite accurate as they are polling different areas
B) not accurate as the pollsters did not use random selection
C) not accurate as they need to poll everyone in the city
D) quite accurate as polling 5 subdivisions suggests they used random selection
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