It is important that archaeological survey samples be random for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
a. otherwise the samples would be biased, with certain parts of the sample over- or under-represented, and therefore the final results would be biased.
b. random sampling provides the only way for archaeologists to collect meaningful negative evidence.
c. random sampling allows statistical analysis.
d. a biased sampling design will never allow archaeologists to know if results are meaningful
e. random sampling allows some sites to be overrepresented and others to be underrepresented in the sample
e
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