Checkpoint: Sampling Methods Solutions

Name the probability sampling method and the population.

Ms. Guthrie wants to know how much time students spend doing homework each night. She makes a list of all 150 students in her classes, arranges them alphabetically, picks a random starting point, and then selects every tenth student on the list to survey.

Systematic sample
Population: all of Ms. Guthrie’s students

Note

Q: Why is this not a stratified sample?
A: Because the classes are not divided into smaller representative groups.

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