Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

-- Mathematics - Section B2

Chapter

Index Numbers and Time Based Data

Question:

Out of 1000 employees, 100 have to be selected for a survey. After being arranged in the alphabetical order, each one is assigned a number from 1 to 1000. A number 4 is randomly selected and then every $10^{th}$ person is selected (i.e : 4, 14, 24..)

Which form of sampling is this an example of ?

Options:

Cluster sampling

Snowball sampling

Voluntary sampling

Systematic sampling

Correct Answer:

Systematic sampling