The owner of a large company is conducting a survey about job satisfaction, including questions about salary, hours, stress, and other conditions. There are about 800 employees in the company, including 100 executive positions, 650 middle-management positions, and 50 custodial positions. The owner wants to include about 10% of his employees in the survey sample.

Identify a sampling method that would lead to a representative sample for the survey. Explain why it would be a poor choice and give details about the process.

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The owner of a large company is conducting a survey about  job satisfaction, including questions about salary, hours, stress, and other conditions. There are about 800 employees in the company, including 100  executive positions, 650  middle-management positions, and 50 custodial positions. The owner wants to include about 10% of his employees in the survey sample. 

Identify a sampling method that would lead to a representative sample for the survey. Explain why it would be a poor choice and give details about the process.

faman39 · Answer

The owner of a large company is conducting a survey about  job satisfaction, including questions about salary, hours, stress, and other conditions. There are about 800 employees in the company, including 100  executive positions, 650  middle-management positions, and 50 custodial positions. The owner wants to include about 10% of his employees in the survey sample. 

Identify a sampling method that would lead to a representative sample for the survey. Explain why it would be a good choice and give details about the process.

amistre64 · Answer

what do you recall about sampling methods?

amistre64 · Answer

this one seems to be defined as, split into groups, and take a sample of each group

amistre64 · Answer

cluster is separate and pick an entire subgroup

strat is to separate and pick samples from each of the subgroups

if i remember it correctly