HSA 2006 Algebra/Data Analysis Item 5print

HSA 2006 Algebra/Data Analysis Item 5

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The 12th-grade class is conducting a survey to determine music preferences for the spring dance. The class decides to survey the first 150 students that enter the school on Monday. Which of these best describes why this type of sampling may give biased results?

  1. The sample size is too small.
  2. Students are randomly selected.
  3. Not all students have the same chance to be surveyed.
  4. Every other student entering the school should be surveyed.

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