Abel Alonzo,Director of Human Resources,is Exploring Employee Absenteeism at the Harrison

question 47

Multiple Choice

Abel Alonzo,Director of Human Resources,is exploring employee absenteeism at the Harrison Haulers Plant.Abel knows that absenteeism varies significantly between departments.For example,workers in the wood shop are absent more than those in the tuning department and the size of the departments ranges from 40 to 120 workers.He orders a random sample of 10 workers from each of the six departments.Abel' sample is a ___.

• A)proportionate systematic sample
• B)proportionate stratified sample
• C)disproportionate systematic sample
• D)disproportionate stratified sample
• E)proportionate cluster sample

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Debt-equity Ratio

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