A Vermont Farmer Has Four Different Types of Cows on His

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Short Answer

A Vermont farmer has four different types of cows on his farm, Ayrshire, Friesian, Galloway, and
Jersey. The farmer wants to determine the average amount of milk produced by her cows, so she
chooses the first ten cows that she sees when she enters her barn and records the amount of milk that each produces in a week. Is this an example of random sampling? Explain.

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