Question

You wish to survey the interests of students in your statistics class. You enter the names of all students onto an excel spreadsheet. You then use a computer program to generate a list of random names. This is called:

A) computerized selection
B) haphazard selection
C) sampling selection
D) random selection

Answer 1

D) random selection

Step-by-step explanation:

Random selection, in statistics or research methods, is determined as a process that involves the procedure through which a specific sample is being drawn from a population taken as a whole, however, it is possible for an investigator to consider both random assignment and random selection in a particular study or experiment.

The correct answer for the question above is random selection.