Question
Which of the following sampling techniques divides the population into subgroups before selecting participants?
Convenience sampling
Stratified sampling
Cluster sampling
Simple random sampling
Convenience sampling
Stratified sampling
Cluster sampling
Simple random sampling
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The sampling technique that divides the population into subgroups before selecting participants is **Stratified sampling**. In stratified sampling, the population is divided into distinct subgroups (or strata) based on specific characteristics, and then participants are randomly selected from each subgroup.