Question

You can find some interesting polls online. Anyone can become part of the sample just by clicking on a response. One such poll asked, “Do you prefer watching first-run movies at a movie theater, or waiting until they are available to watch at home or on a digital device?” In all, $8896$people responded, with only $12\%$($1118$people) saying they preferred theaters. You can conclude that

a. American adults strongly prefer watching movies at home or on their digital devices.

b. the high nonresponse rate prevents us from drawing a conclusion.

c. the sample is too small to draw any conclusion.

d. the poll uses voluntary response, so the results tell us little about all American adults.

e. American adults strongly prefer seeing movies at a movie theater.

Short answer

The correct option is (d) the poll uses voluntary response so the results tell us little about all American adults.

Step-by-step solution

Given information

We have to determine the conclusion of the theatres.

Simplification

Thepopulationwillexplodeasaresultoftheselectionorprejudicethatisbeingcovered.

Measurements or response bias employ a procedure that yields results that differ from the genuine values.

Thenon-responserepresentstheoutcomesofdatathatisn'tavailabletoeveryoneinthesample.

Because anyone can join the sample by just clicking the response, the sample is regarded as voluntary, and hence suffers from selection bias, implying that the results will not reveal anything about all Americans.

As a result of the poll's use of voluntary responses, the results don't reveal much about all American people.

Hence, the correct option is (d) the poll uses voluntary response so the results tell us little about all American adults.