Question

The mayor of a small town wants to determine the opinion of citizens of his town on the building of a new recreation center. He will select every fifth name on a list of town citizens to survey.

What type of sampling strategy is the mayor using?

A.
convenience

B.
simple random

C.
stratified random

D.
systematic

Answer 1

@kirbykirby

Answer 2

@Mel98

Answer 3

Systematic

Answer 4

Systematic sampling is a statistical method involving the selection of elements from an ordered sampling frame. The most common form of systematic sampling is an equal-probability method.

Simple random sampling is a basic type of sampling, since it can be a component of other more complex sampling methods. The principle of simple random sampling is that every object has the same probability of being chosen.

Stratified sampling is a method of sampling from a population. In statistical surveys, when subpopulations within an overall population vary, it is advantageous to sample each subpopulation (stratum) independently.

A statistical method of drawing represents data by selecting people because of the ease of their volunteering or selecting units because of their availability or easy access.


I hope this helps clear things up. (:

Answer 5

So yes, with this said, it is systematic sampling.
Don't forget to explain why all the other choices are wrong @kirbykirby
I just don't want you to be banned for something so silly as not explaining everything, that's all. (:

Answer 6

I suppose lol. I was going to explain why it was systematic... but I dunno I saw you typing so I thought maybe you'd have some input. And indeed you did!

Answer 7

:) good explanation

Answer 8

Thanx (: