The human resource department at a certain company wants to conduct a survey regarding worker benefits. The department has an alphabetical list of all 6606 employees at the company and wants to conduct a systematic sample of size 60 what is k?

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dumbcow · Answer

the systematic sample forms an arithmetic series
$$A = 1+k(n-1)$$
let n = 60
A = 6606
solve for k, round down

anonymous · Answer

i got it now i think

They ask me a second question tho. and i dont know how to answer it. 

Determine the individuals who will be administered the survey. Randomly select a number from 1 to k. suppose that we chose 17? Then the individuals in the survey will be( _,_,_)

anonymous · Answer

i got k=107

dumbcow · Answer

so if there are 6606 employees and k=17 
the sample size will be 389
---> 388*17 +1 = 6597