A city councilman would like to survey city residents about their favorite sports so he can determine whether residents are interested in having a sports team in their city.

Question

A city councilman would like to survey city residents about their favorite sports so he can determine whether residents are interested in having a sports team in their city.

What is the best way the city councilman could select the sample?
Responses

randomly select some city residents from those participating in an upcoming running race
randomly select some city residents from those participating in an upcoming running race

randomly select some city residents from a list of those who love sports
randomly select some city residents from a list of those who love sports

randomly select some city residents from a list of all residents
randomly select some city residents from a list of all residents

randomly select some city residents from a list of residents who have a favorite sports team nearby

Answer 1

The best way for the city councilman to select the sample would be to randomly select some city residents from a list of all residents. This ensures that the sample is representative of the entire population of the city and reduces bias in the survey results.