An Education Expert Is Researching Teaching Methods and Wishes to Interview

question 3

Multiple Choice

An education expert is researching teaching methods and wishes to interview teachers from a particular school district. She randomly selects ten schools from the district and interviews all of the teachers at the selected
Schools. Does this sampling plan result in a random sample? Simple random sample? Explain.

• A) Yes; no. The sample is random because all teachers have the same chance of being selected. It is not a simple random sample because some samples are not possible, such as a sample that includes teachers
• From schools that were not selected.
• B) No; no. The sample is not random because teachers in small schools are more likely to be selected than teachers in larger schools. It is not a simple random sample because some samples are not possible, such
• As a sample that includes teachers from schools that were not selected.
• C) Yes; yes. The sample is random because all teachers have the same chance of being selected. It is a simple random sample because all samples have the same chance of being selected.
• D) No; yes. The sample is not random because teachers in small schools are more likely to be selected than teachers in larger schools. It is a simple random sample because all samples have the same chance of being
• Selected.

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