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Any large random sample from a group of people will be representative of the entire group.

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False.

In a random sample each member of the group has the same chances to be choosen. A representative sample replicates the characteristcs that you want of the group. Many times you need to make the sampling not random to pick a sample that represents or replicates the group.
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