A Disadvantage of Stratified Sampling Is That It

question 13

Multiple Choice

A disadvantage of stratified sampling is that it

• A)denies you the use of probability theory.
• B)requires you to have some prior knowledge about the elements in the population before drawing the sample.
• C)usually increases the standard error.
• D)usually requires samples that are larger in size than those required by simple random sampling.
• E)there are no disadvantages of stratified sampling.

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Definitions:

Significance Testing

A statistical method used to determine if the results of a study are likely to be true, or if they occurred by chance.

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Theory

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