900 Numbers Radio and television stationsoften air controversial issues during broadcast

Chapter 8, Problem 21

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900 Numbers Radio and television stationsoften air controversial issues during broadcast timeand ask viewers to indicate their agreement or disagreementwith a given stand on the issue. A poll isconducted by asking those viewers who agree to call acertain 900 telephone number and those who disagreeto call a second 900 telephone number. All respondentspay a fee for their calls.a. Does this polling technique result in a randomsample?b. What can be said about the validity of the results ofsuch a survey? Do you need to worry about a marginof error in this case?

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