(a) The organizers of a conference want to survey attendees about the registration fee. Which of the following best describes a stratified sample of attendees? O O The organizers take a list of the attendees and select every 7th attendee until 56 attendees are selected. The organizers select the first 56 attendees who register for the conference because these attendees are easily accessible. The organizers form 7 groups of attendees based on the attendees' employment statuses. Then, the organizers select 8 attendees at random from each group. (b) Counselors at a college want to poll students about how much time the students spend studying. Which of the following best describes a convenience sample of students? The counselors use a computer program to draw 60 students at random and select these students. Every set of 60 students is equally likely to be drawn by the computer program. The students living in a particular dorm building on campus are easily accessible. So, the counselors select the 60 students living in that particular dorm building. The counselors form groups of 12 students based on the students' majors. Then, the counselors select all of the students in 5 randomly chosen groups. (c) A bank analyst wants to ask customers who have a mortgage with the bank about the customers' home-buying experiences. Which of the following best describes a cluster sample of customers? The analyst forms groups of 10 customers based on the cities the customers live in. Then, she selects all of the customers in 5 randomly chosen groups. The analyst takes a list of the customers and selects every 5th customer until 50 customers are selected. The analyst forms 2 groups of customers based on the customers' mortgage amounts. Then, she selects 25 customers at random from each group. S
(a) The organizers of a conference want to survey attendees about the registration fee. Which of the following best describes a stratified sample of attendees? O O The organizers take a list of the attendees and select every 7th attendee until 56 attendees are selected. The organizers select the first 56 attendees who register for the conference because these attendees are easily accessible. The organizers form 7 groups of attendees based on the attendees' employment statuses. Then, the organizers select 8 attendees at random from each group. (b) Counselors at a college want to poll students about how much time the students spend studying. Which of the following best describes a convenience sample of students? The counselors use a computer program to draw 60 students at random and select these students. Every set of 60 students is equally likely to be drawn by the computer program. The students living in a particular dorm building on campus are easily accessible. So, the counselors select the 60 students living in that particular dorm building. The counselors form groups of 12 students based on the students' majors. Then, the counselors select all of the students in 5 randomly chosen groups. (c) A bank analyst wants to ask customers who have a mortgage with the bank about the customers' home-buying experiences. Which of the following best describes a cluster sample of customers? The analyst forms groups of 10 customers based on the cities the customers live in. Then, she selects all of the customers in 5 randomly chosen groups. The analyst takes a list of the customers and selects every 5th customer until 50 customers are selected. The analyst forms 2 groups of customers based on the customers' mortgage amounts. Then, she selects 25 customers at random from each group. S
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Section11.4: Collecting Data
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