You Are Interested in the Experiences of Different Ethnic Groups

question 19

Multiple Choice

You are interested in the experiences of different ethnic groups within a particular neighborhood. You decide that even though the ethnic groups appear in different proportions within the neighborhood, you would like to randomly select participants in a way that will yield an equal percentage of each group represented in your final sample. What type of sampling are you proposing?

• A) simple random sampling
• B) proportional stratified sampling
• C) disproportional stratified sampling
• D) cluster sampling

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