image 3.36 Use the Simple Random Sample applet. You can use the Simple Random Sample applet to choose a group at random once you have labeled the subjects. Example 3.12 (page 178) uses Excel to choose five students from a group of 10 to receive a treatment in an experiment. The remaining five students will receive a placebo control.

  1. (a) Use the applet to choose five students. Which students were selected?

  2. (b) Compare using Excel, as we did in Example 3.12, with the applet that you used for this exercise. Which do you prefer? Give reasons for your answer.