The transportation department has selected three possible routes for a new section of highway and wants to?

Question

know which route landowners and residents of the affected areas prefer.The transportation department plans to survey the public by posting the three possible routes on the department's web site with a request that all visitors to the web site vote for their preferred route.Explain why the design of the survey does not provide a representative sample of the landowners and resident of the affected area.Give an example of how the design of how the design of the survey could be changed to better represent the affected population.

Answer 1

Well for a start anyone who visits the website can vote, not necessarily the locals, so a lot of people who remain unaffected by the proposal can have a say in the final decision.  Another lesser reason could be that its a little impersonal.

Public consultations with the locals and/or door-to-door surveys are far better, but more expensive and may take longer to organise.  So there you are.  Let me know what marks I get for this.