A small student group at a large high school wants to know the opinions of stude

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Question

A small student group at a large high school wants to know the opinions of students regarding a new school policy.

Which survey method is likely to produce the least amount of bias?

a. Every tenth person that walks out of the school library is surveyed for a full school day

b. A survey is posted online and an announcement is made to all students inviting them to participate in the survey

c. randomly select several classes from all classes at the school, then randomly select 10 students from each of these classes to survey

d. members of the group randomly select one of their class periods, then randomly select 10 students from the class to survey

Which survey method is likely to produce the least amount of bias?

c. randomly select several classes from all classes at the school, then randomly select 10 students from each of these classes to survey

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