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Other Sampling Methods

Question 9 • CR02201A Probability and Statistics

A band director is trying to decide what music to play for the halftime show. To get a sample, the director divides the band into groups based on their grade (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors). Then she randomly chooses a group and surveys every member of the chosen group. Which sampling method was used?

Answer
A
cluster sampling
B
simple random sampling
C
stratified random sampling
D
systematic random sampling

Explanation

The director divides the band into grade-based groups, then randomly selects one entire group and surveys everyone in it. Selecting a whole group is cluster sampling. In stratified random sampling, she would select some members from each grade group instead.

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