An Environmental Action Group Is Interested in How Many People

question 56

Multiple Choice

An environmental action group is interested in how many people will participate in a recycling program in a particular town. They obtain the entire list of households in the town, and they assign each household a number from 1 to 3000 (the number of households in the town) . They then use a computer to generate a list of 500 random numbers ranging from 1 to 3000. Using the list of random numbers, they draw a sample of 500 people to question about their use of the recycling program. What sampling method did this group use?

• A) Quota sample
• B) Simple random
• C) Systematic
• D) Stratified random

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Definitions:

Profit Margin

Net income divided by sales.

Expenses

The costs incurred in the day-to-day operations of an organization.