A university decides to conduct a survey to learn if students like the lasagna and garlic bread in the cafeteria. It distributes questionnaires in three English classes and two sociology classes. This will produce a simple random sample of the student body.

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This sampling method is not a simple random sample as it only includes students from three English classes and two sociology classes. It is a convenience or non-random sampling method. A simple random sample would involve randomly selecting students from all classes in the university.

A University Decides to Conduct a Survey to Learn If