SOLUTION: Identify the type of sampling used​ (random, systematic,​ convenience, stratified, or cluster​ sampling) in the situation described below.
A man experienced a
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Question 1066007: Identify the type of sampling used (random, systematic, convenience, stratified, or cluster sampling) in the situation described below.
A man experienced a tax audit. The tax department claimed that the man was audited because he was randomly selected from all men in his age group.
Which type of sampling did the tax department use?
A.) Random Sampling
B.)Systematic Sampling
C.)Cluster Sampling
D.)Convenience Sampling
E.)Stratified Sampling
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
E. This is stratified sampling. It was random, so can't be D, he wasn't selected like every n th person, so not B. Random is not bad, but he was from men a certain age, and that is stratification. Cluster would be all from a specific group, the group itself randomly chosen.
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