40 Points! Brainliest for correct answer! A student in a local high school prepared a survey question asking each student what his or her favorite male and female actors are. Which of the following methods will provide a sample that will represent the population of students as a whole?

A. Posting the question on the Internet.

B. Instant messaging every 9th person on the phonebook

C. Mailing a questionnaire to every student’s home.

D. Drawing 50 names from a hat containing the names of every student in the school.

Sample which represents the population of students as a whole is given by drawing 50 names from a hat containing the names of every student in the school.

What is sample?

" Sample is the method of representing a small set of data to give overall picture of whole data. It is used in research."

According to the question,

Survey was conducted on students to know their favorite male and female actors.

As per the options given,

A. Posting the question on the internet does not give any sample. Here no number of students is mentioned. No sample is collected.

Option(A) is not the correct answer.

B. Instant messaging every 9th person on the phonebook also not provide any small set of group. No conclusion can be taken out from this information. It does not represent a sample.

Option(B) is not the correct answer.

C. Mailing a questionnaire to every student's home does not provide any number of students for sampling.

Option(C) is not the correct answer.

D. Drawing 50 names from a hat containing the names of every student in the school. Here 50 samples of students are taken to represents a population of students as a whole.

Hence, Option(D) is the correct answer.

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