Question

74 students were chosen from a local university to participate in a study. Every student attending the university had an equal possibility of being chosen. Which sampling method was used?

sample

census

random selection

voluntary response

Answer 1

The answer is : Random Selection 

Answer 2

Answer: random selection

Explanation:

Given: 74 students were chosen from a local university to participate in a study. Every student attending the university had an equal possibility of being chosen.

Since we know that only in random selection the participants have the equal probability to get selected.

Hence, the sampling method used her is random sampling.

• Random sampling is a method of selecting a sample of individuals from a population where the chances of each individual of getting selected is equal.