**MEDAL**
Which of these is an example of a random sample?

A.Henry asks five of his friends to fill out a survey to find out their favorite musicians.

B.The five people seated on the first row at the circus are asked their opinion about the animal acts.

C.The five employees who work the late shift answer questions about management.

D.Five employees out of 2,000 are chosen randomly to complete an anonymous survey.

Question

**MEDAL** 
Which of these is an example of a random sample?

A.Henry asks five of his friends to fill out a survey to find out their favorite musicians.

B.The five people seated on the first row at the circus are asked their opinion about the animal acts.

C.The five employees who work the late shift answer questions about management.

D.Five employees out of 2,000 are chosen randomly to complete an anonymous survey.

hysusonic · Answer

okay so random sample means that it isn't a specific group of people (and please ignore those trolls)

hysusonic · Answer

@morgobeby okay so since it isn't a specific group, which ones can we eliminate?

hysusonic · Answer

hello?

anonymous · Answer

ummm d?

anonymous · Answer

@hysusonic

sammixboo · Answer

Do you think it is or isn't D?

anonymous · Answer

isnt

sammixboo · Answer

Look at all the choices. The choices that are choosing from a specific group of people is not a random selection while choosing randomly so and so people from blah blah. Get what I am saying? Trying to put this in a good way

anonymous · Answer

so i am or not looking for a random selection?

sammixboo · Answer

You ARE loooking for a random selection

hysusonic · Answer

sorry i was helping someone else xDDD

okay if you look at A, is he going up to random people or specific people?

anonymous · Answer

specific ^

hysusonic · Answer

okay so you can cross that one off
and how about answer choice B?

anonymous · Answer

random

hysusonic · Answer

why would it be random?

anonymous · Answer

because its random people at a circus right?

acxbox22 · Answer

well specifically isnt it ONLY the FIRST row?

anonymous · Answer

yes..

acxbox22 · Answer

so u can eliminate that too..

hysusonic · Answer

well that is true but it's saying specifically the first 5 people in the first row so it can't be random

anonymous · Answer

alright..

hysusonic · Answer

okay so now we move onto C, is that specific or random?

anonymous · Answer

ahhhhh i see, C is specific thou.

hysusonic · Answer

yup because it's only interviewing the people working the night shift
so you're left with D

anonymous · Answer

:') lol, basically the answer was right there. Thank youuuuu

hysusonic · Answer

no problem anytime :)

anonymous · Answer

can you help me with more?

hysusonic · Answer

yea sure