The Purpose of the Weighted Average in Stratified Sampling Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

The purpose of the weighted average in stratified sampling is:

• A) to provide an overall sample average that represents the true distribution of the population.
• B) to provide more weight to those strata whose averages are the lowest.
• C) to provide more weight to those strata whose averages are the highest.
• D) to provide an overall sample average that represents the majority of the strata.
• E) to provide more weight to those strata that are more important to society.

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