A Professor Constructs a Questionnaire to Determine How Students at the University

question 601

Multiple Choice

A professor constructs a questionnaire to determine how students at the university feel about nuclear disarmament. Which of the following techniques should be used in order to survey a random sample of the student body?

• A)Every student should be sent the questionnaire.
• B)Only students majoring in psychology should be asked to complete the questionnaire.
• C)Only students living on campus should be asked to complete the questionnaire.
• D)From an alphabetical listing of all students,every tenth (or fifteenth,e.g.)student should be asked to complete the questionnaire.

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