Suppose a School District Decides to Randomly Test High School

question 7

Multiple Choice

Suppose a school district decides to randomly test high school students for attention deficit
Disorder (ADD) . There are three high schools in the district, each with grades 9-12. The school
Board pools all of the students together and randomly samples 250 students. Is this a simple
Random sample?

• A) Yes, because the students were chosen at random.
• B) No, because we can't guarantee that students from each school in the sample.
• C) Yes, because each student is equally likely to be chosen.
• D) No, because we can't guarantee that students from each grade in the sample.
• E) Yes, because they could have chosen any 250 students from the district.

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