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Pete is conducting a survey to determine his customers overall satisfaction about the quality of his company's products. He sends out surveys to the 5 customers who have purchased the largest number of items over the past year.Are his results likely to be representative of the population he is trying to analyze? Explain.

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The sample size is too small. Only sending the survey to his best customers will create biased results, in the surveyor's favor. 
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The answer is no it is not likely. He  should choose the customers randomly.
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