A Disadvantage of Stratified Sampling Is

question 23

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of stratified sampling is:

• A)that it denies you the use of probability theory.
• B)that it requires you to have some prior knowledge about the elements in the population prior to drawing the sample.
• C)that it usually increases the standard error.
• D)that it usually requires samples that are larger in size than those required by simple random sampling.
• E)not mentioned in any of these choices.

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