SOLUTION: Given the situation described, identify the type of sampling involved. A vegan food and clothing store polls every 17th customer about the selection of desserts offered.

Question 426034: Given the situation described, identify the type of sampling involved. A vegan food and clothing store polls every 17th customer about the selection of desserts offered.

a.random sampling
b systematic sampling
c. convenience sampling
d. stratified sampling
e. cluster sampling

Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
looks like systemic sampling to me.

here's some information regarding systemic sampling.

http://www.experiment-resources.com/systematic-sampling.html

the choices don't discuss the random generating of the first sample and the random generating of the systemic interval between samples, but the concept is the same minus the details.

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