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A village has 506 inhabitants. You are given a list of the names and addresses of all the persons living in the village.

Explain in detail how you would select a sample of 60 inhabitants by using simple random sampling. State the benefits and drawbacks of using simple random sampling in this situation.

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The best way to get our sample of 60 people is to generate a table of 60 random numbers between 1 and 506 and include those people in the sample. ...

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