2. the owner of a local restaurant wants to k...

2. the owner of a local restaurant wants to know whether the customers would prefer a new garden salad or a new chicken salad on the menu. which survey methods would likely produce representative samples? choose all that apply. a. ask every fifth male customer. b. ask every customer who orders a vegetarian entrée. c. ask every tenth customer over the period of one week. d. ask every fifth customer who orders a chicken sandwich. e. ask every customer to flip a coin. if the coin shows heads, ask for the customers opinion.

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# Brief Explanations: - Option a only samples male customers, not representative of all. - Option b only samples vegetarian - ordering customers, biased. - Option c samples customers over a week at regular intervals, likely representative. - Option d only samples chicken - sandwich - ordering customers, biased. - Option e randomly selects customers, likely representative. # Answer: C. Ask every tenth customer over the period of one week. E. Ask every customer to flip a coin. If the coin shows heads, ask for the customer's opinion.