A random sample was taken to determine whether students from a certain classroom prefer to shop at Store A, Store B, or Store C. Which of the following would represent a random sample?

selecting all the students that have a last name that begins with R

selecting all the girls

putting all the names in a hat and selecting six students

putting all the names in alphabetical order and selecting every fourth student

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Gwendolyn

21 October, 13:27

A random sample was taken to determine whether students from a certain classroom prefer to shop at Store A, Store B, or Store C. Which of the following would represent a random sample?

selecting all the students that have a last name that begins with R

selecting all the girls

putting all the names in a hat and selecting six students

putting all the names in alphabetical order and selecting every fourth student

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Robinson · Answer 1

Putting the names in a hat and selecting six students

Carissa Singh · Answer 2

Putting all the names in a hat and selecting six students because the rest would not have been random because you know who you picked just by looking but if u put names in a hat you don't know who you picked.