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Quick questions on Sampling methods: simple random, systematic and stratified sampling - SQA Advanced Higher Statistics

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A population of 50005000 is to give a systematic sample of 250250. State the sampling interval. [1 mark]
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Explain one advantage of stratified over simple random sampling when a population has very unequal subgroups. [1 mark]

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