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Jeremiah wants to know what the most popular subject at school is. They survey every 25th student on the student list. Will the sample be representative or biased?

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Answer: The sample will be biased because by only surveying every 25th student, it is not a random sample of the entire student population. This method of sampling is known as systematic sampling and it can result in a biased sample if the pattern used to select the sample is not truly random.

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