Each item in the population has an equal chance to be chosen. Usually a computer algorithm is used to generate a set of random numbers (most spreadsheet . Then the items are chosen using the set of random numbers, either as they come off the assembly line or if they are serialized, you can just go pick those items.
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A random distribution is a random sample set displayed in the form of a bell curve. See random sample set.
to select a random sample you pick them at random
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The first step is to establish a sampling frame. This is a list of all teachers in the domain that you are interested in. Next you allocate a different number to each teacher. Then you use a random number generator to generate random numbers. You select each teacher whose number is generated. If the teacher has already been selected for inclusion in the sample, you ignore the duplicate and continue until you have a sample of the required size.
If the population is of size N, then you allocate the numbers 1 to N to them: one per element of the population. Then generate random numbers in the range 1 - N. The element whose number is thrown up by the generator is in the sample. In the unlikely event that a number is repeated, you ignore the repeat and continue drawing the sample until you have the required correct number in the sample.