The government of a large city needs to determine whether the​ city's residents will support the building of a new Middle School. The government decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the​ city's residents. Choose below which one of the following procedures would be the most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the​ city's residents  A. Survey a random sample of adults who currently have children in public schools   B. Survey every tenth person to use the public restroom   C. Survey the last 100 residents listed in the telephone directory.   D. Survey a random sample of persons within each geographical region of the city.

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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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The government of a large city needs to determine whether the​ city's residents will support the building of a new Middle School. The government decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the​ city's residents. Choose below which one of the following procedures would be the most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the​ city's residents 

A. Survey a random sample of adults who currently have children in public schools
 
B. Survey every tenth person to use the public restroom
 
C. Survey the last 100 residents listed in the telephone directory.
 
D. Survey a random sample of persons within each geographical region of the city. 
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