Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Online surveys are very useful because internet users always constitute an unbiased sample of the population.
Statement II:A convenience sample is one that is simply available to the researcher by virtue of its accessibility.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Explanation
Statement 1 fails because internet users do not always form an unbiased sample.
Online access varies by age, income and region, biasing web samples.
Statement 2 correctly defines a convenience sample as one available by accessibility.
Convenience samples are chosen for ease, not for representativeness.
Their findings cannot be generalised confidently to the wider population.
Online surveys often behave as convenience samples in practice.
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