Question

If a city is divided into 500 neighborhoods, each of which is home to approximatley 200 household, and a researcher randomly selects two households from each of the 500 neighborhoods what type of sampling is this?

Answer 1

Stratified sampling

Explanation:

A sample is a group of individuals for study Sampling methods refer to how members of a population are being selected for study.

Stratified sampling is a type of sampling in which the population is split into different groups and then members from the different groups are then selected. This type of sampling is used when the population has mixed characteristic and their is a need that each characteristic is represented. Stratified sampling guarantees that members from each group would be represented in the sample.