A Professor Hands Out Survey Forms to the Students in Her

question 10

Multiple Choice

A professor hands out survey forms to the students in her own classes. If the population is all students attending the university, this is an example of

• A) a convenience sample.
• B) a random sample.
• C) a stratified sample.
• D) a census.
• E) an unbiased sample.

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