I need help. I’m taking a beginning statistics class, and I have an assignment due.
I have to poll 35 people, then come up with a report on the results. Problem is, I don’t have time to find 35 people. So I need just a minute of your time to answer the following questions.
Gender?
Age?
“I Like Math”–pick one response: Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree?
There now, that wasn’t so bad, was it?
Female
53
Strongly Agree
No, it wasn’t bad at all. 
Female
28
Agree
Male, 31, Disagree.
Female
21
Agree
Female, 23, Agree
Male
31
Strongly Agree
male
28
strongly agree
female
29
agree
Male
31
Strongly agree
Male
24
Ummm… Strongly agree.
Looks like your results are going to be skewed by asking here. Bunch of geeks, I tell ya! I’m taking a grad-level intro statistics (how’s that for a triple oxymoron!) class myself this semester.
Female, 36, disagree
male
38
strongly disagree
Male
22
Agree
I was tempted to opt for Strongly Agree because I can really admire the beauty and power of mathematics, it’s just that I’m not particularly skilled enough to engage at an advanced level myself.
Male
42
Strongly agree
I have doubts about how representative your survey group is going to be.
Male
41
strongly agree
Your sampling methodology is definitely flawed. Might as well ask this crowd if they like to use computers for recreational purposes.
Male
26
Strongly agree
Male
24
Strongly Agree
Well, maybe the assignment is on selection bias.
Male
28
Strongly agree
Or, maybe he’s not a statistician at all, and this is all a nefarious experiment regarding perceived selection bias in Internet poll respondents!