Question

1. The local animal shelter currently has 20 dogs and 35 cats. They are holding an adoption event and want

to have the local TV news show pictures of a representative sample of the animals. They number the
pets from 1 to 55 and randomly choose 10. Does this sampling method result in a simple random
sample? Explain.

Answer 1

Yes, this sampling method results in a simple random sample because they are randomly choosing 10 from numbering the animals 1-55, which can end up in many different ways.