A class consists of 30 students and the instructor wants to take a simple random sample of 5 students from this class. The students are labeled 01 to 30 for the selection process. Which of the following possible samples of size n = 5 is most likely to be selected?
A) 11, 18, 10, 08, 25.
B) 05, 10, 15, 20, 25.
C) 01, 02, 03, 04, 05.
D) None of the above, as they are all equally likely samples.

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In a simple random sample, every subset of a given size has the same chance of being selected. Therefore, all the given options (A, B, and C) are equally likely to be chosen.

A Class Consists of 30 Students and the Instructor Wants