Question

Identify the kind of sample that is described. A researcher asked a simple random sample of home-schooled children, a simple random sample of children who attend private school, and a simple random sample of children who attend public school their opinion on the new town curfew.

Answer 1

stratified sample

Explanation:

The kind of sample that is being described is known as a stratified sample. This would be the type of sample because the researchers are dividing the entire student population that exists into various different categories or groups. The groups that have been created are home-schooled students, private school students, and public school students. All of the students are still part of the student population and therefore represent their groups.