SOLUTION: Identify the sampling technique used to obtain this sample: A group of 240 adults are given numbers from 1-40. A ball is thrown onto a roulette wheel; those people with numbers m

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Question 660863: Identify the sampling technique used to obtain this sample:
A group of 240 adults are given numbers from 1-40. A ball is thrown onto a roulette wheel; those people with numbers matching the pocket in which the ball stops are selected for jury duty

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Hi, there--
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I would say that this is systematic random sampling because they rank the members of the population by number, then randomly choose a number.
It's similar to stratified sampling, but the grouping is artificial (a number), not based on an attribute of interest in the study.
~Mrs. Figgy