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We wish to choose a simple random sample of size three from the following employ

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Question

We wish to choose a simple random sample of size three from the following employees of a small company.

To do this, we will use the numerical labels attached to the names above.  We will also use the following list of random digits, reading the list from left to right, starting at the beginning of the list.

11793 20495 05907 11384 44982 20751 27498 12009 45287 71753 98236 66419

The simple random sample is:

Bechhofer, Bechhofer again, and Taylor

Bechhofer, Taylor, Weiss

Kesten, Kiefer, Taylor

Taylor, Weiss, Ito

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1. Bechhofer 4. Kesten    7. Taylor 2. Brown 5. Kiefer 8. Wald 3. Ito 6. Spitzer 9. Weiss

Explanation / Answer

Answer: Option (b)

The simple random sample is: Option (b)

Bechhofer, Taylor, Weiss