The Principal of a Small Elementary School Wants to Select

question 110

Multiple Choice

The principal of a small elementary school wants to select a simple random sample of 24 students.
The school has 12 classrooms with 18 students in each class. She decides to randomly select two
Students from each classroom. Is this a simple random sample?

• A) Yes, because the students were selected at random.
• B) Yes, because a stratified sample is a type of simple random sample.
• C) No, because each student did not have an equal chance of being selected.
• D) No, because not all combinations of 24 students could have been chosen.
• E) Yes, because each student had an equal chance to be selected.