Question

a. 1. A large corporation wants to find out which benefits plan its employees would prefer. Which procedure would be most likely to obtain a statistically unbiased sample? survey a random sample of employees from a list of all employees b. invite all employees to indicate their choices by e-mail place suggestion boxes at random locations in the company's plant and offices d. assemble a group with one member from each department and record the preferences of these employees thom proportional to the number of C.

Answer 1

In order to obtain an unbiased sample for the purpose of this type of research, the most appropriate option would be option C.

(C) Place suggestion boxes at random locations in the company's plant and offices.

Note that, the other suggested options would yield results but these might not be free from bias since it does not guarantee anonymity. However, with the use of option C, each participant in the survey can protect their identity as much as he/she chooses.