A High School Principal Wishes to Determine What Proportion of the School's

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Essay

A high school principal wishes to determine what proportion of the school's students likes the new school mascot. The principal decides to survey every 25th name from the school enrollment records (an alphabetical list of all students at the school). Is this a valid simple random sampling technique? Why or why not?

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