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II. Determine the sample size of the following problems. Show your solution.
III. Determine the type of sampling. (ex. Simple Random Sampling, Purposive
Sampling)
5. A radio station asks its listeners to call in their opinion regarding the use of
U.S. forces in peacekeeping missions.
ANSWER: Convenience Sampling
6. A tax auditor selects every 1000th income tax return that is received.
ANSWER: Systematic Random Sampling
7. For a survey, a sample of municipalities was selected from every province
in the country and included all child laborers in the selected
municipalities.
ANSWER: Multi-stage Sampling
8. To determine his DSL Internet connection speed, Shawn divides up the
day into four parts: morning, midday, evening, and late night. He then
measures his Internet connection speed at 5 randomly selected times
during each part of the day.
ANSWER: Stratified Random Sampling
9. A college official divides the student population into five classes:
freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, and graduate student. The official
takes a simple random sample from each class and asks the members
opinions regarding student services.
ANSWER: Stratified Random Sampling
10. In the game of lotto, 6 balls are selected from a container with 42 balls.
ANSWER: Simple Random Sampling
IV. Using proportional allocation, determine the sample size needed for every
school. The total population of students is 10,679, and the minimum sample is
2,450.
School Population per School Sample
Antipolo National High 1.28 = 1,534 352
School
Bagong Nayon 1.44 = 1,726 396
National High School