RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION

CONCEPT OF SAMPLING AND OTHER CONCEPTS RELATED TO SAMPLING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If we took the 400 people making up a local corporation, divided them by gender, and then took a random sample of females and a random sampling of males, the variable on which we divided the population is called the ____
A
stratification variable
B
systematic variable
C
selection variable
D
sampling variable
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Cluster sampling divides the population into groups or clusters. A number of clusters are selected randomly to represent the total population, and then all units within selected clusters are included in the sample.

Detailed explanation-2: -Simple random sampling One way of obtaining a random sample is to give each individual in a population a number, and then use a table of random numbers to decide which individuals to include.

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