Question

A data set contains information about 14,959 people aged 25 to 64 whose highest level of education is a bachelor's degree. (a) in order to select an srs of these people, how would you assign labels?

Answer 1

To obtain a simple random sample (srs) of a dataset, you first need to decide on your sample size. You then assign labels to your original dataset using numbers. The order in which the dataset is sorted is irrelevant as a random sample will be taken from the dataset. Then select numbers from a random number table. Importantly, don’t use a computer-generated random number as these numbers are not truly random. Select data points from your original dataset corresponding to the numbers you selected from the random number table.