Question

Suppose that you want to estimate the proportion of students at your college that attend at least one of the college's sports events. Which sampling plan will produce the most reliable results?
A. Select 50 students at random from the college.
B. Select 100 students at random from students attending one of the college's football games.
C. Select 200 students at random from the list of student athletes.
D. Select 300 students who purchase tickets to at least one of the college's sports events. . .

Answer 1

Answer:

" select 50 students at random from the college." is more reliable

Option A) is the correct answer

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we are interested in the proportion of students at your college that attend at least one of the college sports .

 we need to get the random sample of the college students and then ask them if they attended at least one sports events to get the required proportion, therefore

sampling plan that will produce the most reliable results will be; to

" select 50 students at random from the college." is more reliable

Option A) is the correct answer