Question

Paige DeMarco is the Vice President for University Advancement at State University. She is responsible for the capital campaign to raise money for the new student services building. Paige plans to target alumni and acquires her sampling frame from the State University Office of Alumni Relations. She intends to contact these individuals regarding possible donations. Paige chooses her sample by selecting six-digit numbers (1 to 150,000) from a random number table. Her sample is a _________.

Answer 1

Simple random sample

Step-by-step explanation:

A simple random sample is an unbiased sample of a group or population where every member of the group or population has the same equal probability of being chosen.

In this case, Paige didn't use any type of segmentation to select potential donors (e.g. students who got scholarships, students from wealthy backgrounds, etc.) she will just do it randomly.