In conducting a survey of voters, a pollster selected every tenth name on a list of registered voters.

Which sampling technique did the pollster use?

A.
convenience sampling

B.
stratified random sampling

C.
systematic sampling

D.
voluntary response sampling

Question

In conducting a survey of voters, a pollster selected every tenth name on a list of registered voters. 


Which sampling technique did the pollster use?
 
 A.
convenience sampling
 
 B.
stratified random sampling
 
 C.
systematic sampling
 
 D.
voluntary response sampling

anonymous · Answer

c

whpalmer4 · Answer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified_sampling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convenience_sampling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic_sampling You ought to understand the various forms of sampling!

anonymous · Answer

100% sure

whpalmer4 · Answer

I agree that it is systematic sampling.

whpalmer4 · Answer

The voters are put in an organized list, and sampled at a regular interval.

anonymous · Answer

Thank you guys. 
I'll go to the sites that you gave me @whpalmer4

whpalmer4 · Answer

The pollster should not make a practice of starting with the first element, however!