A sample consists of all of the sophmores at a local college. The sampling technique used is:
1) Systematic
2) Cluster
3) Random
4) Convenience
5) Stratified

Question

A sample consists of all of the sophmores at a local college.  The sampling technique used is:
	1)	Systematic
	2)	Cluster
	3)	Random
	4)	Convenience
	5)	Stratified

amistre64 · Answer

its not 1 or 3 that i can remember as far as definitions go ...

4 is not quite right eigher

there is some slight difference between 2 and 5 that i cant recall tho

amistre64 · Answer

strat and cluster both divide into groups to choose from

but one of them picks the entire group and the other is a sampling from the group

amistre64 · Answer

from the wikipedia i get:

"...in cluster sampling the cluster is treated as the sampling unit so analysis is done on a population of clusters (at least in the first stage). 

"In stratified sampling, the analysis is done on elements within strata."

so if I were to take a stab at it, id say cluster if im interping it correctly