Question

line whether the sample described below is a simple random sample. In the last year, 144,888 adults paid taxes in a county. A researcher plans to conduct a survey of 1000 of those taxpayers. After obtaining a list of those who paid taxes, he numbers the list from 1 to 144,888, and then he uses a computer to randomly generate 1000 numbers between 1 and 144,888. His sample consists of the taxpayers corresponding to the selected numbers. Does this sampling plan result in a simple random sample? O A. The sample is a simple random sample because each individual taxpayer has the same chance of being selected OB. The sample is not a simple random sample because each individual taxpayer does not have the same chance of being selected. C. The sample is not a simple random sample because every sample of size 1000 does not have the same chance of being selected, OD. The sample is a simple random sample because every sample of size 1000 has the same chance of being selected,

Answer 1

Here each unit in population has the equal chance of being selected in the sample of size 1000. Because computer generated random numbers between 1 to 144,888.

Option (A) is correct answer.

i.e, The sample is simple random sample because each individual taxpayers has the same chance to being selected.