Problem: The Canadian census. The Canadian government's decision to eliminate the mandatory long-form version of the census and to move these questions to an optional survey has many concerned. Many members of the business community and economists stressed the importance of the census data for crafting public policy. The minister of industry was given the task of defending the government's decision. In response to an argument that making the long form of the census voluntary would skew the data by eliminating the statistical randomness of the survey, the minister replied: "Wrong. Statisticians can ensure validity with a larger sample size."24 Is the minister corDerick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images rect? If not, explain in simple terms the error in his statement.