If we are careful to randomly select members of a population to form a sample, the sample

a. Will always be representative
b. Will always be unrepresentative
c. Sometimes will not be representative because of chance selection of unrepresentative members of the population
d. Sometimes will be representative because of chance selection of unrepresentative members of the population


Ans: C

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