Question

use the random number table shown below to find a simple random sample of three people from the following list. start at line 1. enter the names separated by commas. note: do not enter the numbers assigned to the names, only the names.
1 peg 2 jill 3 bill 4 ann
5 gina 6 jeff 7 diane 8 joe
9 sue 10 pete 11 dave 12 amanda
13 jan 14 mark 15 brandi 16 don

Explanation:

Step1: Read random numbers from line 1.

92530 (ignore as > 16), 78240 (ignore as > 16), 19267 (ignore as > 16), 95457 (ignore as > 16), 53497 (ignore as > 16), 23894 (ignore as > 16), 37708 (ignore as > 16), 79862 (ignore as > 16), 76471 (ignore as > 16), 66418 (ignore as > 16), 79445 (ignore as > 16), 78735 (ignore as > 16), 71549 (ignore as > 16), 44843 (ignore as > 16), 26104 (ignore as > 16), 67318 (ignore as > 16), 00701 (use, corresponds to Dave), 34986 (ignore as > 16), 66751 (ignore as > 16), 99723 (ignore as > 16)

Step2: Continue until 3 valid numbers found.

Next valid: 59654 (ignore as > 16), 71966 (ignore as > 16), 27186 (ignore as > 16), 50004 (ignore as > 16), 05158 (use, corresponds to Ann), 94031 (ignore as > 16), 29281 (ignore as > 16), 18544 (ignore as > 16), 52429 (ignore as > 16), 06080 (use, corresponds to Joe)

Answer:

Dave, Ann, Joe