Consider how the student obtained her sample for her study. If her study was conducted by taking a random sample, explain (in enough detail that someone could follow your directions to obtain the sample) how it could have been done?

The student would have to firstly I identify her population size.

Carefully choosing her sample size in order to  be more effective.

write the population as a list

Give the number of units required in the sample

locate random numbers

then most importantly select the sample she will be working with.

Explanation:

The random sample would be picked without specifying the targeted individuals,only those who are chosen randomly would go through the screening of the results required for the study