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Question 901574: among the 50 states one state is randomly selected then a statewide voter registration list is obtained and one name is randomly selected. Does this procedure result in randomly selected national voter? why or why not?
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The voter would certainly be randomly selected, but there would be a bias toward residents of states with lower populations. That is, a given Montana resident would be more likely to be selected than any given California resident.
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