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The radio station KDOG serves 6 towns of equal size. The station is a conducting a telephone survey. The list of people to survey is made by selecting 100 people at random from each town. This is an e?
stratified random sampling
You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population What procedure would provide the most represent?
Select the sample so that it will have the same percentages of people that are men and women as are in the system, and also match the percentage based on educational background and ethnicity
What is the difference between stratified an random sampling?
In (Simple) random sampling, all of the units in the sample have the same chance of being included in the sample. Units are selected randomly from a population by some random method that gives equal probability to each element. In stratified random sampling, the entire population is divided into heterogeneous sub-popuation known as strata (sub-population with unequal variances) and a random sample is chosen from each of these stratum. The reason when to use which depends on the situation and need of the experimenter.
Why are random samples more representative of the population than other kinds of samples?
A 'random' sample - covers all age groups, genders, and other criteria. A 'targeted' sample might only cover a small part of the population.
What is stratified random sampling?
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