Identify the Sampling Technique Used in the Following Information

question 8

Multiple Choice

Identify the sampling technique used in the following information. An important part of employee compensation is a benefits package that might include health insurance, life insurance, child care, vacation days, retirement plan, parental leave, bonuses, etc. Suppose you want to conduct a survey of benefits packages available in private businesses in Hawaii. You want a sample size of 100. Sampling technique used to get the sample size of 100 is described below.
Use the Island Business Directory. Number all the businesses. Select a starting place at random, and then use every 50th business listed until you have 100 businesses.

• A)Convenience sample
• B)Simple random sample
• C)Systematic sample
• D)Cluster sample
• E)Stratified sample

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Definitions:

Negative Actions

Behaviors or deeds that have harmful, destructive, or undesirable outcomes.

Illusory Correlations

The perception of a relationship between two variables even when no such relationship exists.

Kernel of Truth

The idea that many myths, stereotypes, or exaggerated claims have a basis in fact, however small or misinterpreted that fact may be.

Perceived Homogeneity

The tendency to see members of an out-group as more similar to each other than they really are or than members of the in-group.