A group of experimenters has 40 mosquitoes in a large container and needs to assign 10 to each of the four groups labeled A, B, C, and D for an experiment. They can capture the mosquitoes one at a time when the mosquitoes enter a side chamber in the container that is baited with water. Which of the following methods is most likely to result in four comparable groups of 10 mosquitoes each?
A. Label the first 10 mosquitoes caught as group A, the second 10 caught as group B, the third 10 caught as group C, and the fourth 10 caught as group D.
B. Write the letters A, B, C, and D on separate slips of paper. Pick one of the slips of paper randomly and assign the first 10 mosquitoes caught to that group. Pick another slip and assign the next 10 mosquitoes caught to that group. Pick another slip and assign the next 10 mosquitoes caught to that group. Assign the remaining mosquitoes to the remaining group
C. When each mosquito is caught, roll a die. If the die shows an even number, the mosquito is labeled A If the die shows an odd number, the mosquito is
labeled B. When 10 mosquitoes have been labeled A and 10 have been labeled B. split the remaining 20 mosquitoes into groups C and D.
D. Place each mosquito in its own numbered container (numbered from 1-40) in the order it was caught. Write the numbers from 1 to 40 on slips of paper, put the slips in a jar, and mix them well Pick 10 numbers out of the jar Assign the mosquitoes in the containers with those numbers to group A. Pick 10
more numbers for group B. Pick 10 more numbers for group C. Assign the remaining 10 mosquitoes to group D.
E. When each mosquito is caught, roll a die if the die shows a 1 or 2, the mosquito is labeled A. If the die shows a 3 or 4, the mosquito is labeled B. If the die shows a 5 or 6, the mosquito is labeled C. Repeat this process for 30 mosquitoes Assign the remaining 10 mosquitoes to group D.