A college recently banned the use of plastic water bottles on campus in an effort to be more eco-friendly. A psychologist at the college is interested in the attitudes of the students toward this ban. She obtains a list of all of the students who are enrolled at the college. She randomly picks 100 students from this list and administers to these students a survey designed to assess their opinions on the plastic water bottle ban. The psychologist is using which method?

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The psychologist is using random sampling by selecting a random sample of 100 students from the list of all the students enrolled at the college. This allows for a representative sample of the student population and gives insight into the attitudes of the students toward the plastic water bottle ban.

A College Recently Banned the Use of Plastic Water Bottles