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sampling methods

TGTushar Gujral5y ago
sir i am having a doubt a)Every 10th person is chosen randomly from each ward in a hospital. b)One person in ten is chosen from an alphabetical list of employees. answer for a) is given as stratified random sampling and b) is given as systematic random sampling isn't it supposed to be opposite a) should be systematic and b) should be stratified random sampling this is from Kaplan test your understanding.
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#1
As I explain in my lectures notes and the lectures that do with them: Stratified sampling is splitting the population into groups (in this case the groups are the patients in each separate ward in the hospital) and then choosing randomly from each group. Systematic sampling is selecting every nth item (in the case every 10th). This is exactly the example that I use in my notes and lectures :-)
TGTushar Gujral5y ago#2
oh got it, sir, I didn't focus on the word "ward"
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor5y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
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