Determine the type of sampling used (simple random, stratified, systematic, cluster, or convenience). a. A pollster interviews all human resource personnel in five different high tech companies. b. A high school educational researcher interviews 50 high school female teachers and 50 high school male teachers. c. A medical researcher interviews every third cancer patient from a list of cancer patients at a local hospital. d. A high school counselor uses a computer to generate 50 random numbers and then picks students whose names correspond to the numbers.

Kendrick Finley

Kendrick Finley

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2022-10-18

Determine the type of sampling used (simple random, stratified, systematic, cluster, or convenience).
a. A pollster interviews all human resource personnel in five different high tech companies.
b. A high school educational researcher interviews 50 high school female teachers and 50 high school male teachers.
c. A medical researcher interviews every third cancer patient from a list of cancer patients at a local hospital.
d. A high school counselor uses a computer to generate 50 random numbers and then picks students whose names correspond to the numbers.

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Phillip Fletcher

Phillip Fletcher

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a) A pollster interviews all human resource personnel in five different high tech companies.
Since all the human beings in five different high tech companies are sampled, the sampling used is cluster sampling.
b) A high school educational researcher interviews 50 high school female teachers and 50 high school male teachers.
Here, population is divided into two subgroups, and samples are taken from each subgroup. Thus, sampling used is Stratified samplingc) A medical researcher interviews every third cancer patient from a list of cancer patients at a local hospital. Here, k=3.
The sampling used is Systematic samplingd) A high school counselor uses a computer to generate 50 random numbers and then picks students whose names correspond to the numbers.
The procedure is to generate 50 random numbers and then picks students whose names. Thus, sampling used is Simple random sampling.

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