To select a simple random sample, a researcher needs

a. a list of the population and system for selecting cases according to EPSEM.
b. a list of the sample and a well developed sampling distribution.
c. a sampling distribution and a table of random numbers.
d. a parameter and a cluster.


ANSWER: a

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