The mayor's office wants to know how people in the city feel about the condition of the city's roads. They place an announcemnt in the newspaper asking residents to email their opinions to the mayor's office. Five hundread people send emails, and about 84% of the responses indicate displeasure with the condition of the city's roads. A)This is a simple random sample. It gives very accurate results B)This is a census becuase all city residents had a chance to provide their opinions, it gives very accurate results C)This is a simple random sample. The results are not biased, but the sample is so small that variation will be high D)This is a voluntary sample. It will almost certainly underestimate the level of displeasure among the city's residents E) This is a voluntary sample.It will almost certainly overestimate the level of displeasure among the city's residents

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The mayor's office wants to know how people in the city feel about the condition of the city's roads. They place an announcemnt in the newspaper asking residents to email their opinions to the mayor's office. Five hundread people send emails, and about 84% of the responses indicate displeasure with the condition of the city's roads.

A)This is a simple random sample. It gives very accurate results

B)This is a census becuase all city residents had a chance to provide their opinions, it gives very accurate results

C)This is a simple random sample. The results are not biased, but the sample is so small that variation will be high

D)This is a voluntary sample. It will almost certainly underestimate the level of displeasure among the city's residents

E) This is a voluntary sample.It will almost certainly overestimate the level of displeasure among the city's residents

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