Question

Pinky Bauer, Chief Financial Officer of Harrison Haulers, Inc., suspects irregularities in the payroll system. She knows that 2,500 payroll vouchers have been issued since January 1, 2000, and her staff doesn't have time to inspect each voucher. So, she orders her staff to inspect the last 200 vouchers. Her sample is a ___________.

A. stratified sample
B. simple random sample
C. convenience sample
D. systematic sample

Answer 1

The correct option is (C) convenience sample.

Explanation:

Convenience sampling is a kind of non-probability sampling, i.e. all items does not have an equivalent chance or probability of being selected. This type of sampling method does not comprises of random collection of items.

Convenience sampling is where we take in items which are easy to reach or collect.

For example, sampling the the students of your own class or collecting sample from your own neighborhood.

In this case the Chief Financial Officer of Harrison Haulers, Inc. asks her staff to inspect the last 200 vouchers of the 2500 payroll vouchers that have been issued since January 1, 2000.

She did so because her staff did not have that much time in hand and it is quite convenient to check the last 200 vouchers.

This is because it is quite easy to review the last 200 payroll vouchers since they would be the most recent ones and quite easily accessible.

So, the sampling method used by the Chief Financial Officer of Harrison Haulers, Inc. is Convenience sampling.

Thus, the correct option is (C).