First, you must assign a unique identifier to each item. Then you can use a random number table or a computerized random number generator to select your random samples.

RANDARRAY (6,1,1,10) which returns a single list of six random numbers between 1 and 10. The INDEX () function uses those six random numbers to return names from the Table, Names.

Learn how simple random sampling works and what advantages it offers over other methods when selecting a research group from a larger population.