a cable company took a random sample of its s...

a cable company took a random sample of its subscribers to get their opinion on a new television series. based on the results of this survey, they made the following claim: ninety percent of all television viewers agree, this new series is a hit! explain why this claim is misleading. a. the company only surveyed its viewers but made the claim about all viewers. b. the survey was conducted during the day when most television viewers are at work. c. the company did not use a random sample of their subscribers. d. this percentage of viewers is not enough to make the series a hit.

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# Brief Explanations: The cable - company surveyed only its subscribers, a subset of all television viewers. Generalizing the results from a sample of their own subscribers to all television viewers is inaccurate and misleading. # Answer: A. The company only surveyed its viewers but made the claim about all viewers.