In a large city school system with 20 elementary schools, the school board is considering the adoption of a new policy that would require elementary students to pass a test in order to be promoted to the next grade. The PTA wants to find out whether parents agree with this plan. The following idea for gathering data has been proposed.
Hold a PTA meeting at each of the 20 elementary schools and tally the opinions expressed by those who attend the meetings.
What kind of sampling strategy is involved? What (if any) sources of potential bias do you see?
Hold a PTA meeting at each of the 20 elementary schools and tally the opinions expressed by those who attend the meetings.
What kind of sampling strategy is involved? What (if any) sources of potential bias do you see?