COMMERCE 2QA3 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Starbucks, Pearson Education, Sampling Bias

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 2QA3
• Professor: Fouzia Baki

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Short answer - quiz a: the administration of a large university is interested in learning about the types of wellness programs that would interest its employees. To do this, they plan to survey a random sample of employees. Name the sampling strategy for each: there are five categories of employees (administration, faculty, professional staff, clerical, and maintenance). Randomly select ten individuals from each category: each employee has an id number. After starting the process by randomly selecting an employee from the list, then every 5th name is chosen to be included in the sample. Answer: stratified, simple random sample, cluster, systematic. : 1, 3: suppose the administration decides to do the following. At a starbucks located on campus, every tenth person who enters on a monday morning is selected to be surveyed. Answer: depending on the time during which individuals are surveyed, undercoverage may be an issue.