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The human resource department at a certain company wants to conduct a survey regarding worker benefits. The department has an alphabetical list of all employees at the company and wants to conduct a systematic sample of size.

Required:
a. What is k​?
b. Determine the individuals who will be administered the survey.

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Explanation:

The human resource department at a certain company wants to conduct a survey regarding worker morale. The department has an alphabetical list of all 4,502 employees at the company and wants to conduct a systematic sample of size 50.

Systematic sampling is a kind of probability sampling method in which individuals from a larger population are nominated according to a random initial point and a static, periodic interval.

(a)

A sample of size 50.

Then the value of k will be:
k=(4502)/(50)=90.04\approx 50

Thus, the value of k is 90.

(b)

Label the employees from 1 to 4502.

And select every 90th employee.

So, the individuals who will be administered the survey are:

90th, 180th, 270th,...

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