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The students in a math class want to know which professional football team is the most popular at their school. The student population at the school is 978. Which method would provide the most accurate representation of the students' choices?
Go to each first period class and choose three students to interview.
Allow students to come and vote in the classroom after school.
Ask all the students in the math class to vote on the issue.
Write the names of all students on cards, mix them up, and choose fifty to interview.
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Write the names of all students on cards, mix them up, and choose fifty to interview.
This is a simple random sample of the whole student population, so it avoids the selection and voluntary-response biases present in the other methods and will give the most accurate, generalizable estimate.
This is a simple random sample of the whole student population, so it avoids the selection and voluntary-response biases present in the other methods and will give the most accurate, generalizable estimate.
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