Hi
>
> Not true. If the audience is randomly distributed, then even a
> sequential selection of questioners gives everyone an equal chance of
> being chosen. I admit that it would appear biased, which is
> important to the audience, but from a purely rational viewpoint, is
> it helpful to choose from different parts of the audience?
> John
With the method you propose, after the speaker picks the first member of
the lucky group, the chance that other members of the audience have to ask
questions immediately falls to zero. Although your method is technically
fair, I think speakers prefer to choose questioners at random because all
audience members continue to have a chance to ask questions throughout the
q & a period.
Chris
