In Stratified Random Sampling, the Population Is First Divided Up

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In stratified random sampling, the population is first divided up into mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive groups, called strata. A stratified sample includes randomly selected observations from each stratum, which are proportional to the stratum's size.

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