At the annual freshman mixer at your university,each student places a card with his/her name in a large basket.A card is drawn for the evening's door prize.This is an example of:
A) a nonprobability sample.
B) a probability sample.
C) a simple random sample.
D) both A and C are correct.
E) both B and C are correct.

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This is an example of a probability sample because every student has an equal chance of being selected when they place their card in the basket. It is also a simple random sample because each card (and therefore each student) has an equal and independent chance of being selected for the door prize.

At the Annual Freshman Mixer at Your University,each Student Places