A Disadvantage of Stratified Sampling Is That It

question 20

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of stratified sampling is that it:

• A)denies you the use of probability theory
• B)requires you to have some prior knowledge about the elements in the population prior to drawing the sample
• C)usually increases the standard error
• D)usually requires samples that are larger in size than those required by simple random sampling
• E)none of these choices is a disadvantage of stratified sampling

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