Which of the following would be the best option to obtain a representative sample of students at your university?
A)Ask students eating in the cafeteria at lunchtime to participate in an important study.
B)At random, draw a list of students from the most recent applications list.
C)Stop people as they are walking to cars in the parking lot and ask them to participate.
D)Go to all the sociology classes and recruit students to participate in a project.

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Randomly drawing a sample from the most recent applications list ensures that all students have an equal chance of being selected and provides a more representative sample of the student population at the university. The other options may result in a biased sample, as they only target certain groups of students (those eating in the cafeteria, those leaving class or the parking lot).

Which of the Following Would Be the Best Option to Obtain