Statified Sampling

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Statified Sampling

Advantages

  • Gained in propotionso representaive of population
  • Reduces bias in areas of contrast
  • Flexible and useful as many geographical populations have sub-group/areas
  • Used with either random or systematic

Disadvantages

  • Researcher has to know initial proportions of whole population
  • Time consuming
  • Also added disadvantage of random and systematic

Evaluation

Sample is selected from sub-groups or layers in society/area. Sample is in proportion to their frequency.

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