Question

A company with 10,000 employees would like to know whether their employees think that they are paid enough. Do you think asking the question to 200 employees from the same department is most representative of all the employees? Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

Answer: It is not.

Explanation:

The salaries paid to the various departments of a company are usually different as some departments get paid more than others. For instance, in a manufacturing company, the R&D department would on average, get paid more than members of the Cleaning department.

Asking members of only one department therefore, about their pay satisfaction would not bring about a reasonable result because it would not be indicative of the thoughts of members of the other departments who are not being paid the same.