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Exercise 12

Avg difficulty 2.5

Which sampling method is being described?

  1. In a study, the sample is chosen by separating all cars by size and selecting 10 of each size grouping.

  2. In a study, the sample is chosen by writing everyone's name on a playing card, shuffling the deck, then choosing the top 20 cards.

  3. Every 4th person on the class roster was selected.

Lee et al., Math in Society, §3.1 Overview of the Statistical Process, Exercise 12

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