In a follow-up correlational study, a researcher investigated whether there was a relationship between daily hours of recreational screen time and daily productivity ratings among college students.
The researcher randomly selected 25 participants from second-year students enrolled at a local college.
On the day of the study, each student participant was asked, 'How many hours did you spend on recreational screen use yesterday?' They then rated their overall productivity during study sessions yesterday on a scale of 1 to 10 (where 1 is not productive at all and 10 is highly productive).
The researcher hypothesised that there would be a negative correlation between the two co-variables.
Describe how the researcher could have used random sampling to obtain the 25 student participants for this study.
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