Determine Whether You Would Take a Census or Use a Sampling

question 46

Multiple Choice

Determine whether you would take a census or use a sampling. If you would use a sampling, decide what sampling
technique you would use.
-The average age of the 80 residents of an assisted living center.

• A)census
• B)random sampling
• C)stratified sampling
• D)cluster sampling

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Republic

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