Answer:
a). 106
b). See Explanation
Explanation:
According to the Question,
Given, The human resource department at a certain company wants to conduct a survey regarding worker benefits. The department has an alphabetical list of all 4247 employees at the company and wants to conduct a systematic sample of size 40.
a). Thus, the Required Value of K is 4247/40 = 106.175 ≈ 106
b). The individuals who will be administered the survey. Randomly select a number from 1 to k. Suppose that we randomly select 19. Starting with the first individual selected, the individuals in the survey will be
- 19
- (19+106) = 125
- (125+106) = 231
- 337
- 443
- 549
- 655
- 761
- 867
- 973
- 1079
- 1185
- 1291
- 1397
- 1503
- 1609
- 1715
- 1821
- 1927
- 2033
- 2139
- 2245
- 2351
- 2457
- 2563
- 2669
- 2775
- 2881
- 2987
- 3093
- 3199
- 3305
- 3411
- 3517
- 3623
- 3729
- 3835
- 3941
- 4047
- 4153