Public Policy and Political Science
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's (OPC) Contributions Program is interested in reaction to a proposal to allow police to obtain cell phone records without a subpoena. One thousand people in British Columbia were called and each was asked to respond to several questions.
a. Is this an observational or an experimental study?
b. Describe the sample in this problem.
c. Is this a random sample? Justify your answer.