A local newspaper conducts a survey to find out if adult residents of the city think the
use of hand-held cell phones while driving in the city should be banned.

a. Identify the population.

b. The newspaper sends a text message to a random selection of 1000 subscribers
whose cell phones are listed in the paper’s subscription database. Classify the
sampling method.

c. Explain whether the sampling method could result in a biased sample.