The PAC-10 Conference Consists of Ten Schools Use Systematic Sampling Selecting Every Second Number from the Population

question 5

Multiple Choice

The PAC-10 Conference consists of ten schools.
$\begin{array}{lll}\hline &{\text { Schools of the PAC-10 }} \\\hline \text { 1 - Arizona } & 5 \text { - Oregon State } & 9 \text { - Washington } \\2 \text { - Arizona State } & 6 \text { - Stanford } & 0 \text { - Washington State } \\3 \text { - California } & 7 \text { - UCLA } & \\4 \text { - Oregon } & 8 \text { - USC } & \\\hline\end{array}$

Use systematic sampling selecting every second number from the population to identify five schools out of the ten as a sample. The following random numbers table has already been used to randomly select the first school, Arizona State. What are the other four schools in the sample?
$\begin{array}{llllllllll}1 & 0 & 4 & 8 & 0 & 2 & 2 & 3 & 6 & 8 \\2 & 4 & 1 & 3 & 0 & 4 & 2 & 1 & 6 & 7 \\3 & 7 & 5 & 7 & 0 & 7 & 7 & 9 & 2 & 1 \\9 & 9 & 5 & 6 & 2 & 9 & 6 & 2 & 0 & 1 \\8 & 9 & 5 & 7 & 9 & 8 & 5 & 2 & 7 & 5 \\2 & 8 & 9 & 1 & 8 & 6 & 3 & 2 & 5 & 3 \\0 & 9 & 4 & 2 & 9 & 1 & 0 & 3 & 6 & 5 \\1 & 0 & 3 & 6 & 5 & 0 & 7 & 2 & 1 & 9 \\5 & 1 & 0 & 8 & 5 & 0 & 2 & 3 & 6 & 8 \\0 & 1 & 0 & 1 & 1 & 5 & 2 & 1 & 6 & 2\end{array}$

• A) Arizona State, Arizona State, California, Arizona State
• B) California, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford
• C) Arizona, California, Oregon State, UCLA
• D) Oregon, Stanford, USC, Washington State

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