Eve needed to collect the eye color of 50 random people for a high school statistics project. Being shy, she felt more comfortable collecting the data from 20 arbitrary classmates, 12 arbitrary neighbors, and 18 arbitrary members of her bible study group. Upon hearing of her data collection process, her project partner, Adam, stated that all the data was useless. His rationale was that the data was not truly random since Eve knew the people in her sample. Adam believed random data must come from strangers. Do you believe Adam is correct or is Eve's data actually random? Explain your position.

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Eve's data is a random sampling since she picked the participants randomly.What is a random sampling?A simple random sample is a subset of a population chosen at random. This sampling strategy gives each person of the population an exact equal chance of being chosen, reducing the likelihood of selection bias.To be considered a truly random sample, every subject in your target demographic must have an equal chance of being chosen. Conducting a study to estimate the length of time college students workout at your campus each week is an example of breaking this assumption.In this case, Eve needed to collect the eye color of 50 random people for a high school statistics project and she felt more comfortable collecting the data from 20 arbitrary classmates, 12 arbitrary neighbors, and 18 arbitrary members of her bible study group. In this case, she picked them randomly. In Adam's case, it doesn't necessarily have to be strangers.Learn more about sampling on:https://brainly.com/question/24466382#SPJ1