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Atheles leaving practice are asked what their favorite sport is. is it sample or random sample and why is it.

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This is not really a random sample. The athletes are heavily biased toward loving sports. Likely they'll pick their favorite sport to be the one they are currently playing.

Example: if basketball players are asked their favorite sport, they likely might pick basketball.

A much better approach is to randomly select names from a hat, use computer software, or a random number table. This will produce a more random sample to help better represent the population.

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