Obtain a Simple Random Sample

question 60

Multiple Choice

Obtain a Simple Random Sample
-The city council of a small town needs to determine if the town s residents will support the building of a new library. The council decides to conduct a survey of a sample of the town s residents. Which one of the following procedures would be most appropriate for obtaining a sample of the town s residents

• A) Survey a random sample of persons within each neighborhood of the town.
• B) Survey a random sample of librarians who live in the town.
• C) Survey 400 individuals who are randomly selected from a list of all people living in the state in which the
• D) Survey every 14th person who enters the old library on a given day.

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Definitions:

Major Calyx

A major calyx is a component of the kidney, which acts as a chamber that collects urine from the minor calyces and transports it to the renal pelvis.

Renal Cortex

The outer portion of the kidney between the renal capsule and the renal medulla that functions in the filtration of blood to form urine.

Genital Papilla

A small, fleshy protrusion often found near the reproductive organs in both sexes of various animals, particularly noticeable in fish as part of their external genitalia.

Urogenital Orifice

An external opening in certain animals through which both urinary and genital tracts discharge.