Question: 2. Working in small groups, develop a poll for studying one of the following questions. Discuss the method you will use to ensure that the


2. Working in small groups, develop a poll for studying one of the following questions. Discuss the method you will use to ensure that the sample you poll is representative and that the questions are unbiased. a. Your college administration is considering banning the use of alcohol on campus. However, the administration first wants to find out if the students will support this idea and how they might react to the ban. b. You want to find out how most of the students on your campus feel about allowing cohabitation in the dorms. C. The student affairs office at your college is interested in learning more about the short-term goals of students. d. The faculty council at your college is concerned about students' plagiarizing from the Internet. They want to learn about the extent of this problem on campus as well as students' attitudes toward the practice. e. You live in a college town and are considering running as a Republican for the U.S. Senate against the Democratic incumbent and want to know whether or not you can count on the support of college students living in vour district. *d. If you love John, you'll listen to what he says. If you listen to what he says, you'll know that John is trying to lose weight. If you know he is trying to lose weight, you'll avoid offering him sweets. If you love John, you'll avoid offering him sweets. e. If Jamiel is a freshman at State College, then he is a student. However, Jamiel is not a freshman at State College. Therefore, Jamiel is not a student. f. If my short story gets accepted by my college literary journal, I'm going to celebrate by going to Seven Moons Restaurant. I just found out that it didn't get accepted. I guess I'm not going to be celebrating at Seven Moons Restaurant. *g. You told me that if I helped you pay off this month's rent so you didn't get evicted, then you'd do anything for me that I wanted. Well, I paid your rent. So here's what I want you to do for me: I know you work part time in the registrar's office. So I want you to break into the registrar's office computer system and change my grades to all A's. h. If you smoke marijuana, then you're breaking the law. You're not smoking marijuana; therefore, you're not breaking the law. i. If a person is a politician, then he always lies. Joe is a politician. Therefore, Joe denies being a politician. j. If a person commits a murder in Rhode Island, he or she cannot be given the death penalty. Craig Price murdered three women in Rhode Island. Craig Price cannot be given the death penalty. k. If Chad has a fever, then Chad will stay home today. Chad doesn't have a fever. Therefore, Chad will not stay home today. *l. If John is a Leo, then John is brave. John is a Leo. Therefore, John is brave. *m. If I become a member of the band One Direction, then I'll probably have an opportunity to play my drums in front of a live audience. If I have an opportunity to play my drums in front of a live audience, then I'm more likely to be noticed by a talent scout. Therefore, if I become a member of the band One Direction, I'm more likely to be noticed by a talent scout