Question

Schlotzsky’s wants to collect data about employee satisfaction within its organization. It decides to survey a sample of 500 employees by having a computer program automatically pick which employees will be in the sample. If it uses the payroll database as the list of names to choose from, which type of sampling method is Schlotzsky’s using?

Answer 1

simple random sampling

Step-by-step explanation:

Simple random sampling refers to a sampling method where every member of the population has the same chance of being randomly selected in a sample.

Since Schlotzsky will use the payroll database to randomly select who he will survey, every employee has the same chance of being randomly selected.