If the Names of All the Students at Omega University

question 36

Multiple Choice

If the names of all the students at Omega University were placed in a fishbowl, and the researcher selected out 10% of the names, the resulting sample would be

• A) biased
• B) random
• C) stratified
• D) far too small for meaningful analysis

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