Question

Abel Alonzo, Director of Human Resources, is exploring employee absenteeism at the Harrison Haulers Plant. Abel knows that absenteeism varies significantly between departments. For example, workers in the wood shop are absent more than those in the tuning department and the size of the departments ranges from 40 to 120 workers. He orders a random sample of 10 workers from each of the six departments. Abel's sample is a

Answer 1

disproportionate stratified sample

Explanation:

Based on the given information we can say that Abel's sample is a disproportionate stratified sample. This is the case mainly because the department worker population ranges from 40 to 120 workers. This changing population makes the 10 workers that were chosen for the sample not proportionate to the entire population. Therefore, under different population sizes workers have different chances of getting selected for the study which ultimately creates different results.