A researcher would like to examine the political attitudes for students at a local university. The researcher will evaluate a sample of 200 students but would like to be sure that the ages and genders of individuals in the sample accurately represent the ages and genders for the entire student body at the university. What would be the best sampling method for the researcher to use?

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26 November, 18:44

A researcher would like to examine the political attitudes for students at a local university. The researcher will evaluate a sample of 200 students but would like to be sure that the ages and genders of individuals in the sample accurately represent the ages and genders for the entire student body at the university. What would be the best sampling method for the researcher to use?

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Ansley Hendrix · Answer 1

Simple random sampling

Step-by-step explanation:

Simple random sampling is a subdivision of a sample chosen from a population. Individuals are randomly chosen by chance and each individual possess the same characteristics as every other person in the population. It is a a surveying technique that is unbiased.

The idea of this sampling method is that every object has an equal chance of being chosen.

If the researcher evaluates 200 students out of the population and make sure the sample reflects the population, the sampling method used is simple random sampling.