Patrick B. answered 08/02/20
Math and computer tutor/teacher
#1)
Convenience: questions the first N customers that appear
Simple random: generates N random numbers {x1,x2,...,xN}
and then questions custome # x1, customer #x2, .... customer #xN
Voluntary: mails out survey and waits for responses
Stratified random: generates a starting number k and then
a stratification constant n...
questions customer #k
questions customer #k+n
questions customer #k+2n
ex. questions customers # 5,8,11,14,17,20,23.... (k=5, n=3)
Systematic random
calculates demographics percentages so as to obtain
representative sample
#2) advantages and disadvantages of each strategy
Stategy advantage disadvantage
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convenience fastest and easiest not representative
simple random easy and fast not representative
voluntary fast and easy via low response rate
merge letters
stratified random easy not representative
systematic random most representative most difficult
and time consuming
Biased Question: Tell us why you enjoy our product?
Unbiased question: use Likert Scale...
please rate the quality of the product on
scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best