Answer in complete sentences and answer each part of the question completely.
If you could conduct a scientific survey on any topic, what would it be? Who would be
your population? For instance, would you like to know about parents' attitudes
toward teenagers? Would you like to know about people's views on how politics
affects their quality of life? Do you want to know the future of the music industry?

1. What would you like to investigate in your survey?
(5 points)

2. Name the population you want to study, for instance, "all people aged 18 - 22
in the United States" or "all professional baseball players in the National League."
(5 points)

3. What kind of a sample would you use to investigate your question? Describe
any problems you might encounter when drawing a sample. For instance, are
some parts of the population more difficult to contact?
(5 points)

4. Write four survey questions for your survey. Remember to avoid question-
wording bias.
(10 points)

5. How will people in your sample be surveyed? Will interviewers call them, will it
be sent in the mail, or will there be a Web site where people can respond?
(5 points)

6. Describe each of the following types of bias that can occur in a survey. Then
write about how you would reduce that bias in your survey.
•Untruthful responses

•Interviewer-induced bias

•Voluntary-response bias

•Nonresponse bias