A Statistics Teacher Wants to Know How Students in Her

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Essay

A statistics teacher wants to know how students in her school feel about mathematics courses. She decides to administer a
survey to a random sample of students taking a mathematics course. She has several sampling plans to choose from.
a. There are four ranks of students taking the class: freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Randomly select 15 students
from each class rank.
b. Randomly select ten math class sections and survey every student in each of those sections.
c. Each student has a nine-digit student number. Randomly choose 60 different nine-digit numbers and survey the students
that correspond to those numbers.
d. Randomly select a number from 1 to 5. Using the class roster, start at that number, then select every fifth student from the
list after that.
-Name the sampling strategy in each plan.

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Definitions:

Goal Setting

The process of establishing desired results that guide and direct behavior.

Notion Of Entitlement

A concept referring to an individual's or group's belief that they inherently deserve certain rights, privileges, or treatments.

Individual Reward Systems

Are incentive plans and benefits tailored to recognize and reward the performance and achievements of a single person within an organization.

Team Reward Systems

Mechanisms designed to provide incentives or rewards to a group of individuals working together towards common goals.