STRATIFIED SAMPLING DEFINITION Strata: groups of members that share common characteristics Stratified sampling: the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum Stratified sample: has the same proportion of members from each stratum as the population does 1
EXAMPLE A population of 600 men and 500 females is going to be sampled. The proposed sample size is 300. If the company hired to sample this population will be using a stratified sampling technique, how many of each sex will be sampled? 2 ProsCons Unbiased estimates may reduce sampling variance Enables standard statistical methods Precision depends on sample size More control May not provide representative sample No exact estimate for variances No variety
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PROCESS 4 Population: male, full time: 90 male, part time: 18 female, full time: 9 female, part time: 63 Total: 180 Sample size: male, full time: 20 male, part time: 4 female, full time: 2 female, part time: 14 Total: 40
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