Question
A poll was conducted in which every 49th student entering a school is polled. There were 496 students that entered the school on the day of the poll. Which type of sampling was used?
1)convenience
2)systematic
3)stratified
4)cluster
1)convenience
2)systematic
3)stratified
4)cluster
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The type of sampling used in this poll is **2) systematic sampling**.
In systematic sampling, a sample is drawn by selecting every nth participant from a list or group. In this case, every 49th student entering the school was polled, which fits the definition of systematic sampling.
In systematic sampling, a sample is drawn by selecting every nth participant from a list or group. In this case, every 49th student entering the school was polled, which fits the definition of systematic sampling.