Four students did a survey to find the soda flavor sixth-grade students prefer. The table below shows the method each student used to conduct the survey:
Trey: Asked 100 students at random from his seventh-grade class what their favorite soda flavor is
Jesse: Asked 100 sixth-grade students at random what their favorite soda flavor is
Nita: Asked 100 eighth-grade students at random what their favorite soda flavor is
Ruben: Asked 100 third-grade students at random what their favorite soda flavor is
Which student's survey is most likely not biased? (1 point)
A. Trey
B. Jesse
C. Nita
D. Ruben
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B. Jesse, since he surveyed only sixth-grade students, which is the target population for the survey. The other students surveyed students from different grade levels, which could introduce bias into the results.
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