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A teacher samples the students in 8th grade to decide what the 8th-grade math classes need to review for their final exam. Which sample produces biased results?

a The teacher assigns all 8th-grade students a number and then uses a random number generator to select 30 students.
b The teacher selects every third 8th-grade student who enters school one morning.
c The teacher puts each 8th-grade student's name on a popsicle stick, places the popsicle stick in a bucket, and then randomly selects 30 students.
d The teacher picks 30 8th grade students in the math club.

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Answer:

D because they are not randomly chosen from a wide sample

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