Random Number Research the Population Research Paper

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A fishbowl draw (or a similar method of physically randomizing the selection of numbers from the population contained in the table, such as dropping a coin from high above an enlarged version of the table and allowing it to bounce onto selected numbers) would be preferred for this study. This means of selection would fully randomize the selection, ensuring the validity of the sample, while at the same time would be fairly easy to accomplish. The creation or utilization of a computer program to randomly select numbers form this population would also be a highly valid and reliable way of accomplishing the necessary sampling, but this would be much more time-intensive as it would require the inputting of the entire population into the computer before the sample could be created. Analysis would be accomplished much faster by the computer after the data had been input, of course, but the data can be essentially analyzed (in terms of categorization at the very least) at the same time as selection in the physical randomization method.

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Stratified sampling would not be at all appropriate in this case, as the only "demographic" feature of importance is the one being studied -- namely, the presence or lack of a repeated digit within the number. The population could be stratified based on factors such as the starting digit or whether the number is odd or even, for example, but such divisions would be meaningless and would not require separate evaluation (assuming the sample population was created at random, of course). Simple sampling is not only easier but is more appropriate….....

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