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For the upcoming school year, Jordan Elementary School is deciding among the aquarium, natural history museum, or science museum for their school field trip. The school sent out a survey to the homes of 40 randomly selected students who participated in the school science club. Is it reasonable to use the results of this survey to decide where the field trip should be?(1 point)
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No, because not all students are surveyed.
No, because not all students are surveyed.

No, because the sample is biased toward students who are interested in science.
No, because the sample is biased toward students who are interested in science.

Yes, because 40 students were surveyed.
Yes, because 40 students were surveyed.

Yes, because this is a random sample.

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No — because the sample is drawn only from students in the science club, it’s biased toward students who are already interested in science and not representative of the whole student body.