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Exercises 21 through 24 refer to the following story: The 1250 students at Eureka High School are having an election for Homecoming King. The candidates are Tomlinson (captain of the football team), Garcia (class president), and Marsalis (member of the marching band). At the football game a week before the election, a pre-election poll was taken of students as they entered the stadium gates. Of the students who attended the game, 203 planned to vote for Tomlinson, 42 planned to vote for Garcia, and 105 planned to vote for Marsalis.Name the sampling method used for this survey.

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QUESTION:

Exercises 21 through 24 refer to the following story: The 1250 students at Eureka High School are having an election for Homecoming King. The candidates are Tomlinson (captain of the football team), Garcia (class president), and Marsalis (member of the marching band). At the football game a week before the election, a pre-election poll was taken of students as they entered the stadium gates. Of the students who attended the game, 203 planned to vote for Tomlinson, 42 planned to vote for Garcia, and 105 planned to vote for Marsalis.Name the sampling method used for this survey.

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This situation does not describe polling the entire student body, so this situation does not use a census sample.

The situation does not describe identifying groups within the population before selecting participants for the poll, so this study doesn't seem to use stratified sampling or quota sampling.

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