A sports reporter said that 2 out of every 3 people he talked to at a hometown baseball game named baseball as their favorite sport. The reporter claimed that baseball was the most popular sport in town. Which of the following explains why the reporter's claim might not be true?
A. Only sixty-six percent of the people chose baseball.
B. The reporter only talked to people at a baseball game.
C. Only the people that the reporter talked to were counted.
D. The reporter did not say what sport the other people chose.
B.
The reporter only talked to people at a baseball game.
D. The reporter did not say what sport the other people chose.
The correct answer is D. The reporter did not say what sport the other people chose.
Explanation:
For the reporter's claim that baseball is the most popular sport in town to be true, we would need information about the sports preferences of people who were not included in the reporter's survey. Since the reporter only talked to people at a hometown baseball game, it is possible that there are other sports that are more popular among the general population in town. We cannot assume that the preferences of people attending a baseball game are representative of the entire town. Therefore, without knowing the sport preferences of non-baseball fans, we cannot conclude that baseball is the most popular sport based solely on the reporter's survey.