To get a random sample of 50 Atlanta citizens for a political poll
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Problem
118. To get a random sample of 50 Atlanta citizens for a political poll, a worker starts at the beginning of the telephone book. For each name in the book, he flips a fair coin. If it comes up heads, he calls the person; if it comes up tails, he moves on. Once he has called 50 people, he stops. Does this result in a random sample?