You Are Reading a Study Which Randomly Selected and Enrolled

question 15

Multiple Choice

You are reading a study which randomly selected and enrolled 45 prisoners from a population of 300,000 prisoners. You know this is an example of what type of sampling methodology?

• A) simple random sampling
• B) stratified sampling
• C) cluster sampling
• D) quota sampling

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Definitions:

Primitive Hominin Traits

Basic or ancestral characteristics exhibited by early human ancestors.

Evolved

Refers to the cumulative changes in heritable traits of a population over successive generations, leading to biodiversity.

Acheulean Technology

A Stone Age technology characterized by distinctive oval and pear-shaped hand-axes, associated with early humans, particularly Homo erectus.

Genus Homo

The genus to which modern humans belong, characterized by higher mental faculties, upright posture, and bipedal locomotion.