Identify the sampling technique used in the following information. An important
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Question
Identify the sampling technique used in the following information.
An important part of employee compensation is a benefits package that might include health insurance, life insurance, child care, vacation days, retirement plan, parental leave, bonuses, etc. Suppose you want to conduct a survey of benefits packages available in private businesses in Hawaii. You want a sample size of 100. Sampling technique used to get the sample size of 100 is described below.
Group the businesses according to type: medical, shipping, retail, manufacturing, financial, construction, restaurant, hotel, tourism, other. Then select a random sample of 10 businesses from each sample type.
Stratified sample
Convenience sample
Simple random sample
Cluster sample
Systematic sample
a.Stratified sample
b.Convenience sample
c.Simple random sample
d.Cluster sample
e.Systematic sample
Explanation / Answer
the sampling technique used : Stratified Sampling technique.
With Stratified sampling, the population is divided into various groups or strata, and then a random sample is drawn from each group or strata.
In the given case, the population is all the employees in a private busniesses in Hawaii.
Ane businesses are grouped (into various starata) according to the type of medical, shipping, retail, manufacturing, financial, construction, restaurant, hotel, tourism, other.
the various groups /strata are : medical, shipping, retail, manufacturing, financial, construction, restaurant, hotel, tourism, other.
An sample of 10 drawn from each group/ strata;
Therefore the sampling technique used is : Stratified sample.
Ans : a. Stratified sample