D)Drawing 50 names from a hat containing the names of every student in the school.
This method will provide a random sample of the population of students in the school and will be more likely to represent the population as a whole compared to the other methods.
A student in a local high school prepared a survey question asking each student what his or her favorite male and female actors are. Which of the following methods will provide a sample that will represent the population of students as a whole?
A) Posting the question on the Internet.
B) Instant messaging every 9th person in the phone book.
C) Mailing a questionnaire to every student's home.
D)Drawing 50 names from a hat containing the names of every student in the school.
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