Chapter 5.1, Problem 5.19E

(a)

To determine

To describe how we will label the students in order to select the sample.

Explanation of Solution

 I would label the students from $0001\text{ to }3478$ so that every numbered student has the same number of digits.

(b)

To determine

To select the first five students in the sample using the table B beginning at line $105$ .

Answer to Problem 5.19E

  $2940,0769,9719,1481,and2975$

Explanation of Solution

Looking at line 105, the random digits are $9559294007699719148160779537911729759335$ .

The numbers generated from this are $9559,2940,0769,9719,1481,6077,9537,9117,2975,\text{ and }9335$ .

Of this numbers, the first five within the range of $0001\text{ to }3478$ are $2940,0769,9719,1481,and2975$ .