Question

Read the following short passages and choose the best answers to the questions that follow each passage.
A telephonic poll conducted in two states asked respondents whether they get adequate water during summers. Ninety-nine percent of respondents said their houses were having running water through-out the day. The pollsters published their findings, concluding that ninety-nine percent of all homes in India have adequate water for use.
Which of the following most accurately describes a questionable technique employed by the pollsters in drawing their conclusions ?

• A. The pollsters conducted the poll by telephone, thereby relying on the veracity of respondents.
• B. The pollsters never defined the term "adequate" in terms of a specific quantity of water.
• C. The pollsters didn't visit respondent's houses in person, so no measure of adequacy of water during summers in a subject's house was actually made.
• D. The poll assumes conditions in the two states are representative of the entire country

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

The poll assumes conditions in the two states are representative of the entire country

Answer 2

The correct option is (D):The poll assumes conditions in the two states are representative of the entire country..