Question

A statistics teacher has 4 periods of introductory statistics. She wants to get students’ opinions on a new homework policy. To get a sample, the teacher lists every student’s ID number and uses a computer to randomly select 20 of the IDs. Which sampling method was used?

cluster sampling
simple random sampling
stratified random sampling
systematic random sampling

Answer 1

The answer is A Cluster

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Simple random sampling.

Explanation:

In this case, the statistics teacher selects a group of students from his class absolutely at random, without taking into account any specific factor when making said selection, rather than absolute chance.

In this way, in the case the teacher performs a simple random sampling with respect to his class, since the selected students do not respond to any specific characteristics that are required for the sample.