Question

Sam tested every 50th candy bar from the assembly line to make sure there were enough peanuts in each bar. He found 15% did not have enough peanuts. Which type of sampling did he use?

Answer 1

Answer: Sam used systematic random sampling .

Step-by-step explanation:

• A systematic random sampling is a kind of random sampling technique in which a sample is drawn from a large population such that their participants selected according to a random initial point but a fixed periodic interval.

Here , Sam tested every 50th candy bar from the assembly line to make sure there were enough peanuts in each bar.

i.e. the period of selecting candy bars is fixed as 50.

By definition of systematic random sampling  , we can cay that Sam used systematic random sampling .