Question

A local hardware business wishes to find out how many of the local residents would use a delivery service. They call every tenth person in the local listings of the phone book.
Which type of sampling is used?
1)systematic
2)stratified
3)convenience
4)cluster

Answer 1

The type of sampling used in this scenario is **1) systematic sampling**. This method involves selecting every nth individual from a list, which in this case is every tenth person from the phone book.