1. the owner of an art supply store wants to ...
1. the owner of an art supply store wants to know which arts are popular among her customers. determine whether each selection method will likely create a representative sample. choose yes or no for each method. a. survey every employee who works in the store. b. survey every customer whose name is picked randomly from a list of all customers. c. survey every fifth person at a painting exhibition. d. survey every fifth customer who purchases sketching supplies. e. survey every customer who spends more than $200.
Answer
# Brief Explanations:
- a. Employees are not the target - customers, so it won't be representative.
- b. Randomly selecting from all customers gives a fair chance for all to be included, likely representative.
- c. People at a painting exhibition may have a bias towards painting, not representative of all arts.
- d. Customers who buy sketching supplies are only interested in sketching, not representative of all arts.
- e. Customers who spend more than $200 may have different art preferences than others, not representative.
# Answer:
a. No
b. Yes
c. No
d. No
e. No