Each of the 20 English Premier League teams have a match day squad of 18 players.A sample of 40 players is to be chosen.Each team is asked to put the 18 players' names into a bag and randomly draw out two names.The two names from each team are then combined to make up the sample.Does this method result in a simple random sample of the 360 footballers?

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Each team selects 2 players out of 18, which means combinations from teams are not equally likely to be chosen compared to any random 40 players from the entire pool of 360. This method biases the sample towards specific team-based selections rather than individual randomness across the entire league.

Each of the 20 English Premier League Teams Have a Match