Identify the sampling issues that are problematic in online surveys : (A) Many…
2023
Identify the sampling issues that are problematic in online surveys :
(A) Many people use more than one internet service provider.
(B) Every person has only one (unique) email address.
(C) A house hold may have one computer but several users.
(D) Internet users are a biased sample of the population.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- A.
(A), (B) and (C) Only
- B.
(B), (C) and (D) Only
- C.
(A), (B) and (D) Only
- D.
(A), (C) and (D) Only
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Correct answer: D
Online surveys face specific sampling issues. Statement (A) is problematic as multiple internet service providers per person can create coverage bias. Statement (C) highlights a unit of analysis issue where one device serves multiple users in a household. Statement (D) correctly identifies that internet users are not representative of the entire population due to the digital divide. Statement (B) is factually inaccurate regarding email uniqueness and does not constitute a sampling problem. Thus, the correct combination includes (A), (C), and (D), corresponding to Option 3.